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Farmers’ Perception of Integrated Pest Management and its Impact on Cucumber Production in Bangladesh

Md. Sadique Rahman, M. Harun-Ar Rashid.




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Farmers’ perception of integrated pest management (IPM) and its impact on cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) production were assessed in Bangladesh using few econometric models. A total of 119 cucumber farmers were interviewed in 2015 to achieve the objectives. Most of farmers perceived that IPM was beneficial for farmers’ health, water bodies, and more effective than synthetic pesticides. IPM adoption significantly reduced the pesticide applications cost per hectare (P

Key words: Pesticide applications; propensity score matching; stochastic frontier production; technical efficiency; vegetables






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