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Financial incentives and pesticide use

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  • Katti Millock

    (ARE - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics [Berkeley] - UC Berkeley - University of California [Berkeley] - UC - University of California)

  • David Zilberman

    (ARE - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics [Berkeley] - UC Berkeley - University of California [Berkeley] - UC - University of California)

Abstract

This paper argues that the current pesticide regulatory system is inefficient. An elaborate set of registration requirements has led to high costs of new pesticides. The current system does not provide any incentives for decreasing its pesticide use. The implementation of financial incentives to control pesticide use is difficult since damage from pesticide use depends on locational factors, timing, and manner of application. An efficient pesticide tax scheme requires detailed monitoring and reporting of pesticide use by farmers. Improved monitoring systems will enable differentiated pesticide taxes according to application technology, and such differentiated taxation will encourage the adoption of precision technologies that reduce pesticide use. Proceeds from pesticide taxes may have a role in financing research and education in Integrated Pest Management methods, given the high development costs and advanced management skills demanded by many non-chemical control methods. The transition to efficient financial incentives will be gradual in the near future, and it may be useful to use financial incentives to induce improvement in pesticide use efficiency and reduce pesticides use levels.

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  • Katti Millock & David Zilberman, 1997. "Financial incentives and pesticide use," Post-Print hal-00107228, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00107228
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    1. Fadhuile, Adelaide & Lemarie, Stephane & Pirotte, Alain, "undated". "Pesticides Uses in Crop Production: What Can We Learn from French Farmers Practices?," 2011 Annual Meeting, July 24-26, 2011, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 103654, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    2. Finger, Robert & Möhring, Niklas & Dalhaus, Tobias & Böcker, Thomas, 2017. "Revisiting Pesticide Taxation Schemes," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 134(C), pages 263-266.
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    4. Swinton, Scott M. & Batie, Sandra S. & Schulz, Mary A., 1999. "Fqpa Implementation To Reduce Pesticide Residue Risks: Part Ii: Implementation Alternatives And Strategies," Staff Paper Series 11488, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
    5. Jacquet, Florence & Butault, Jean-Pierre & Guichard, Laurence, 2011. "An economic analysis of the possibility of reducing pesticides in French field crops," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 70(9), pages 1638-1648, July.
    6. Perry, Edward D. & Moschini, GianCarlo, 2020. "Neonicotinoids in U.S. maize: Insecticide substitution effects and environmental risk," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
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    8. Xiuling Ding & Apurbo Sarkar & Lipeng Li & Hua Li & Qian Lu, 2022. "Effects of Market Incentives and Livelihood Dependence on Farmers’ Multi-Stage Pesticide Application Behavior—A Case Study of Four Provinces in China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(15), pages 1-19, August.

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