The Effect of Quality Assurance Policies for Processing Tomatoes on the Demand for Pesticides
In California, acceptance sampling is used to monitor the quality of processing tomatoes delivered by growers to processors. A proposal to change the current quality assurance policy was recently put forth to reduce the growers' incentive to use pesticides. In this article we examine the effect...
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Western Agricultural Economics Association
1994-07-01
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| author | S. Andrew Starbird |
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| description | In California, acceptance sampling is used to monitor the quality of processing tomatoes delivered by growers to processors. A proposal to change the current quality assurance policy was recently put forth to reduce the growers' incentive to use pesticides. In this article we examine the effect of alternative quality assurance policies on profit-maximizing growers' demand for pesticides. The results indicate that the demand for pesticides is sensitive to changes in the quality assurance policy and that the proposed policy would reduce the optimal level of pesticide use on processing tomatoes. Disregarding the impacts of quality assurance policy may be the reason that the demand for pesticides has been underestimated so often in the past. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d6a50699e1794000acb43773b1df25642022-12-22T02:49:17ZengWestern Agricultural Economics AssociationJournal of Agricultural and Resource Economics1068-55022327-82851994-07-01191788810.22004/ag.econ.3122531225The Effect of Quality Assurance Policies for Processing Tomatoes on the Demand for PesticidesS. Andrew StarbirdIn California, acceptance sampling is used to monitor the quality of processing tomatoes delivered by growers to processors. A proposal to change the current quality assurance policy was recently put forth to reduce the growers' incentive to use pesticides. In this article we examine the effect of alternative quality assurance policies on profit-maximizing growers' demand for pesticides. The results indicate that the demand for pesticides is sensitive to changes in the quality assurance policy and that the proposed policy would reduce the optimal level of pesticide use on processing tomatoes. Disregarding the impacts of quality assurance policy may be the reason that the demand for pesticides has been underestimated so often in the past.https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/31225pesticidesprocessing tomatoesquality assurance |
| spellingShingle | S. Andrew Starbird The Effect of Quality Assurance Policies for Processing Tomatoes on the Demand for Pesticides Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics pesticides processing tomatoes quality assurance |
| title | The Effect of Quality Assurance Policies for Processing Tomatoes on the Demand for Pesticides |
| title_full | The Effect of Quality Assurance Policies for Processing Tomatoes on the Demand for Pesticides |
| title_fullStr | The Effect of Quality Assurance Policies for Processing Tomatoes on the Demand for Pesticides |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of Quality Assurance Policies for Processing Tomatoes on the Demand for Pesticides |
| title_short | The Effect of Quality Assurance Policies for Processing Tomatoes on the Demand for Pesticides |
| title_sort | effect of quality assurance policies for processing tomatoes on the demand for pesticides |
| topic | pesticides processing tomatoes quality assurance |
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