Synergies of integrated pest and pollinator management in avocado farming in East Africa: An ex-ante economic analysis
Using synthetic pesticides to manage pests can threaten pollination services, affecting the productivity of pollination-dependent crops such as avocado. The need to mitigate this negative externality has led to the emergence of the concept of integrated pest and pollinator management (IPPM) to achie...
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| author | Charity Wangithi Beatrice W. Muriithi Gracious Diiro Thomas Dubois Samira Mohamed Michael G. Lattorff Benignus V. Ngowi Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman Mariam Adan Menale Kassie |
| author_facet | Charity Wangithi Beatrice W. Muriithi Gracious Diiro Thomas Dubois Samira Mohamed Michael G. Lattorff Benignus V. Ngowi Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman Mariam Adan Menale Kassie |
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| description | Using synthetic pesticides to manage pests can threaten pollination services, affecting the productivity of pollination-dependent crops such as avocado. The need to mitigate this negative externality has led to the emergence of the concept of integrated pest and pollinator management (IPPM) to achieve both pest and pollinator management, leading to complementary or synergistic benefits for yield and quality of the harvest. This paper aims to evaluate the potential economic and welfare impact of IPPM in avocado production systems in Kenya and Tanzania. We utilize both primary and secondary data and employed the economic surplus model. On average the potential economic gain from the adoption of IPPM is US$ 66 million annually in Kenya, with a benefit-cost ratio (BCR) of 13:1, while in Tanzania US$ 1.4 million per year, with a BCR of 34:1. The potential benefits from IPPM intervention gains are expected to reduce the number of poor people in Kenya and Tanzania by 10,464 and 1,255 people per year respectively. The findings conclude that policies that enhance the adoption of IPPM can fast-track economic development and therefore improve the livelihoods of various actors across the avocado value chain. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4da3d1c8fec649638808cbe94241e25d2022-12-22T02:50:16ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032022-01-01177Synergies of integrated pest and pollinator management in avocado farming in East Africa: An ex-ante economic analysisCharity WangithiBeatrice W. MuriithiGracious DiiroThomas DuboisSamira MohamedMichael G. LattorffBenignus V. NgowiElfatih M. Abdel-RahmanMariam AdanMenale KassieUsing synthetic pesticides to manage pests can threaten pollination services, affecting the productivity of pollination-dependent crops such as avocado. The need to mitigate this negative externality has led to the emergence of the concept of integrated pest and pollinator management (IPPM) to achieve both pest and pollinator management, leading to complementary or synergistic benefits for yield and quality of the harvest. This paper aims to evaluate the potential economic and welfare impact of IPPM in avocado production systems in Kenya and Tanzania. We utilize both primary and secondary data and employed the economic surplus model. On average the potential economic gain from the adoption of IPPM is US$ 66 million annually in Kenya, with a benefit-cost ratio (BCR) of 13:1, while in Tanzania US$ 1.4 million per year, with a BCR of 34:1. The potential benefits from IPPM intervention gains are expected to reduce the number of poor people in Kenya and Tanzania by 10,464 and 1,255 people per year respectively. The findings conclude that policies that enhance the adoption of IPPM can fast-track economic development and therefore improve the livelihoods of various actors across the avocado value chain.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9312383/?tool=EBI |
| spellingShingle | Charity Wangithi Beatrice W. Muriithi Gracious Diiro Thomas Dubois Samira Mohamed Michael G. Lattorff Benignus V. Ngowi Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman Mariam Adan Menale Kassie Synergies of integrated pest and pollinator management in avocado farming in East Africa: An ex-ante economic analysis PLoS ONE |
| title | Synergies of integrated pest and pollinator management in avocado farming in East Africa: An ex-ante economic analysis |
| title_full | Synergies of integrated pest and pollinator management in avocado farming in East Africa: An ex-ante economic analysis |
| title_fullStr | Synergies of integrated pest and pollinator management in avocado farming in East Africa: An ex-ante economic analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Synergies of integrated pest and pollinator management in avocado farming in East Africa: An ex-ante economic analysis |
| title_short | Synergies of integrated pest and pollinator management in avocado farming in East Africa: An ex-ante economic analysis |
| title_sort | synergies of integrated pest and pollinator management in avocado farming in east africa an ex ante economic analysis |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9312383/?tool=EBI |
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