Drivers of farmers' intention to adopt integrated pest management: a case study of vegetable farmers in Pakistan
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41320%2F21%3A89132" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41320/21:89132 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3812" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3812</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3812" target="_blank" >10.1002/ecs2.3812</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Drivers of farmers' intention to adopt integrated pest management: a case study of vegetable farmers in Pakistan
Original language description
Integrated pest management adoption is quite low around the globe, particularly in developing countries, due to different factors. Here, we examine the factors affecting the intention of Pakistani farmers to adopt integrated pest management practices in vegetable production using a structured questionnaire. We interviewed 301 vegetable growers in Multan, Pakistan. The reliability and validity of the data, along with the underlying relationship between the observed variables, were identified through exploratory factor analysis. The majority of the farmers relied on pesticides for pest control. More than four out of 10 of the respondents reported that okra received the highest application of pesticides followed by potato and cauliflower. Integrated pest management was currently non-existent among the vegetable growers of the study area. The latent factors were subsequently confirmed using confirmatory factor analysis. The structural equation model suggested that the intention to adopt integrated pest m
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40101 - Agriculture
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Ecosphere
ISSN
2150-8925
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
12
Issue of the periodical within the volume
10
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
1-16
UT code for WoS article
000711630100029
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85118305286