DETERMINATION OF EFFECTIVE FACTORS ON ADOPTION OF INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

CEYLAN İ. C., KÖKSAL Ö., KUTLAR İ.

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ECOLOGY, cilt.11, sa.2, ss.709-717, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 11 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ECOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.709-717
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: integrated pest management (IPM), adoption, logistic regression model
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this research, the effect of individual characteristics of farmers and their farming conditions on adoption of integrated pest management (IPM) practices by farmers was determined in the Antalya province (Turkey) applying the logistic regression model. Data used in the model were collected from 53 adopted and 57 non-adopted farmers with the questionnaire method. Farm size, non-farm income, information source, age and education are significant factors on adoption of IPM practices. The most remarkable finding of this research is when the years of education increase just by one year, the probability of adoption of IPM practices by farmers increase 6.75 times.