Journal article
Pesticide use in Indonesian vegetable farming and its determinants
J Mariyono, A Kuntariningsih, T Kompas
Management of Environmental Quality an International Journal | EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD | Published : 2018
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse factors affecting the use of pesticides in intensive vegetable farming in Java, Indonesia. Evaluating such factors is expected to provide appropriate policies to reduce pesticides, and eventually, mitigates the adverse impacts of pesticides on human health and the environment. Design/methodology/approach: Data were compiled from a farm survey of randomly selected 240 vegetable farmers in three regions of Java in 2014. A concept of economic threshold was employed to analyse the pesticide use determinants, which were estimated using econometric models. Findings: Factors leading to the increase in the application of pesticides were the number of ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors thank the farmers who kindly provided their time to give information on crop production practices, and research assistants and enumerators. This is to acknowledge that the Indonesia Project of Crawford School - The Australian National University in collaboration with SMERU research institute provided a research grant to support this research project in Indonesia. The authors also thank the anonymous reviewers for the constructive comments and feedbacks. The authors are responsible for interpretation and any shortcomings and errors.