Identifying the drivers and constraints to adoption of IPM amongst arable farmers in UK and Ireland.

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dc.contributor.authorCreissen, Henry E.
dc.contributor.authorJones, Philip J.
dc.contributor.authorTranter, Richard B.
dc.contributor.authorGirling, Robbie D.
dc.contributor.authorJess, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorBurnett, Fiona J.
dc.contributor.authorGaffney, Michael
dc.contributor.authorThorne, Fiona S.
dc.contributor.authorKildea, Steven
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-05T15:07:34Z
dc.date.available2021-10-05T15:07:34Z
dc.date.issued2021-05-02
dc.descriptionPublication history: Accepted - 2 May 2021; Published online - 15 May 2021.en_US
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND Arable crops in temperate climatic regions such as the UK and Ireland are subject to a multitude of pests (weeds, diseases and vertebrate/invertebrate pests) that can negatively impact productivity if not properly managed. Integrated pest management (IPM) is widely promoted as a sustainable approach to pest management, yet there are few recent studies assessing adoption levels and factors influencing this in arable cropping systems in the UK and Ireland. This study used an extensive farmer survey to address both these issues. RESULTS Adoption levels of various IPM practices varied across the sample depending on a range of factors relating to both farm and farmer characteristics. Positive relationships were observed between IPM adoption and farmed area, and familiarity with IPM. Choice of pest control information sources was also found to be influential on farmer familiarity with IPM, with those who were proactive in seeking information from impartial sources being more engaged and reporting higher levels of adoption. CONCLUSION Policies that encourage farmers to greater levels of engagement with their pest management issues and more proactive information seeking, such as through advisory professionals, more experienced peers through crop walks, open days and discussion groups should be strongly encouraged.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipWe acknowledge the financial and logistical support of the: Scottish Government Strategic Research Programme; Rural Business Research (England); Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Ireland) (RSF 14/S/879); and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland) in enabling the study reported here.en_US
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12518/357
dc.identifier.citationCreissen, H. E., Jones, P. J., Tranter, R. B., Girling, R. D., Jess, S., Burnett, F. J., Gaffney, M., Thorne, F. S. and Kildea, S. (2021) ‘Identifying the drivers and constraints to adoption of IPM among arable farmers in the UK and Ireland’, Pest Management Science, 77(9), pp. 4148–4158. doi: 10.1002/ps.6452.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1526-498X
dc.identifier.issn1526-4998
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1002/ps.6452
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.rights© 2021 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in anymedium, provided the original work is properly citeden_US
dc.subjectintegrated pest managementen_US
dc.subjectIPM metricen_US
dc.subjectsustainable agricultureen_US
dc.subjectarable farmingen_US
dc.subjectfarmer surveyen_US
dc.titleIdentifying the drivers and constraints to adoption of IPM amongst arable farmers in UK and Ireland.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dcterms.dateAccepted2021-05-02
dcterms.dateSubmitted2020-09-24

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