Socioeconomic and technical factors determining the adoption of hedgerows around greenhouses in southeast Spain

Pest control is one of the ecosystem services most affected by the intensification of agriculture. Pests can lead to significant losses in crop yields and jeopardise food security. In this context, installing hedgerows around greenhouses is presented as an opportunity to improve the presence of na...

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Main Authors: López Felices, Belén, Velasco Muñoz, Juan Francisco, Román Sánchez, Isabel María, Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel
Format: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Language:English
Published: Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences 2023
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10835/14901
https://doi.org/10.17221/49/2023-AGRICECON
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author López Felices, Belén
Velasco Muñoz, Juan Francisco
Román Sánchez, Isabel María
Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel
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Velasco Muñoz, Juan Francisco
Román Sánchez, Isabel María
Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel
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description Pest control is one of the ecosystem services most affected by the intensification of agriculture. Pests can lead to significant losses in crop yields and jeopardise food security. In this context, installing hedgerows around greenhouses is presented as an opportunity to improve the presence of natural enemies and favour the control of pests. However, the adoption of this practice has not spread among farmers. The objective of this article is to determine the factors that affect the decision to adopt hedgerows around greenhouses by studying the case of southeast Spain. A binary logistic regression model is developed from a farmer survey of 189 farmers in the study area. The variables that are significant when explaining the installation of hedgerows are the size of the farm, the expenses, the number of methods used to combat pests, technical advice, and environmental awareness. Based on these results, action measures are proposed to promote the adoption of this practice.
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spelling oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-149012023-12-22T08:19:24Z Socioeconomic and technical factors determining the adoption of hedgerows around greenhouses in southeast Spain López Felices, Belén Velasco Muñoz, Juan Francisco Román Sánchez, Isabel María Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel Economics behavioural economics biological control logit model non-crop vegetation sustainability Pest control is one of the ecosystem services most affected by the intensification of agriculture. Pests can lead to significant losses in crop yields and jeopardise food security. In this context, installing hedgerows around greenhouses is presented as an opportunity to improve the presence of natural enemies and favour the control of pests. However, the adoption of this practice has not spread among farmers. The objective of this article is to determine the factors that affect the decision to adopt hedgerows around greenhouses by studying the case of southeast Spain. A binary logistic regression model is developed from a farmer survey of 189 farmers in the study area. The variables that are significant when explaining the installation of hedgerows are the size of the farm, the expenses, the number of methods used to combat pests, technical advice, and environmental awareness. Based on these results, action measures are proposed to promote the adoption of this practice. 2023-12-22T08:19:24Z 2023-12-22T08:19:24Z 2023-05-16 info:eu-repo/semantics/article http://hdl.handle.net/10835/14901 https://doi.org/10.17221/49/2023-AGRICECON en https://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/age-202305-0001_socioeconomic-and-technical-factors-determining-the-adoption-of-hedgerows-around-greenhouses-in-southeast-spain.php Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences Agricultural Economics
spellingShingle Economics
behavioural economics
biological control
logit model
non-crop vegetation
sustainability
López Felices, Belén
Velasco Muñoz, Juan Francisco
Román Sánchez, Isabel María
Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel
Socioeconomic and technical factors determining the adoption of hedgerows around greenhouses in southeast Spain
title Socioeconomic and technical factors determining the adoption of hedgerows around greenhouses in southeast Spain
title_full Socioeconomic and technical factors determining the adoption of hedgerows around greenhouses in southeast Spain
title_fullStr Socioeconomic and technical factors determining the adoption of hedgerows around greenhouses in southeast Spain
title_full_unstemmed Socioeconomic and technical factors determining the adoption of hedgerows around greenhouses in southeast Spain
title_short Socioeconomic and technical factors determining the adoption of hedgerows around greenhouses in southeast Spain
title_sort socioeconomic and technical factors determining the adoption of hedgerows around greenhouses in southeast spain
topic Economics
behavioural economics
biological control
logit model
non-crop vegetation
sustainability
url http://hdl.handle.net/10835/14901
https://doi.org/10.17221/49/2023-AGRICECON
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