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Does the certification of agriculture products promote the adoption of integrated pest management among apple growers in China?

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Seeking effective policies for reducing chemical pesticides has recently been the focus of agricultural sustainable development. A randomly selected sample of 559 small-scale farmers on the China Loess Plateau was investigated in 2018. We analyzed the effect of certification of agricultural production on the adoption of integrated pest management (IPM) by using the Poisson regression model. The result shows that the certification of agriculture products, subsidies of integrated pest management, and the price increase of certified agriculture products significantly promote the adoption of IPM. However, government supervision in certified agriculture products does not significantly promote the adoption of IPM. The cognition of IPM acquired by farmers significantly promotes the adoption of IPM, while the age of farmers negatively affects the adoption of IPM. We suggest that the government should strengthen the certification of agriculture products and provide subsidies of the adoption of IPM for farmers who produce certified agriculture products. The market needs to guarantee a higher price of certified agro-products which the IPM are adopted. The government should strengthen supervision of certified agriculture products, promote the extension of IPM and enhance farmers’ knowledge of IPM, and promote more farmers to replace chemical pesticides with IPM.

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Acknowledgements

We thank our colleagues Mrs. Zhao Minjuan, Mr. Xuexi Huo, and Mr. Lu Qian for their comments on the draft of this research paper. We also thank graduate students He Lijuan, Lu Xiaohua, Zhang Chi, Deng Jianfeng, Xu Baoshi, Wang Taiyun, Li Yanfang, He Yamei, Zhang Huili, and Xingyan and undergraduate students Liang Yingying, Li Jiaojie, Wang Xinhao, and Kuang Xiaoyu for their data collection in farmers’ homes or farms. The authors particularly appreciate the amending advice of the editor and anonymous reviewers for the refinement of the manuscript.

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This study was funded by the Youth Foundation of Humanities and Social Science under the Ministry of Education of China (19YJC630176), the Social Science Foundation of Northwest A&F University (2452020060), and the Research Foundation of Shaanxi Qinling Forest Ecosystem National Field Research Station (2018QNFERS-OPP-1).

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RT analyzed and interpreted the farmers’ data of the initial manuscript. YW provided the Poisson regression model and check the results. RT and YW were major contributors in writing the manuscript. YCZ provided the economic theory, checked the manuscript, and gave amending advice of the manuscript. YQW provided the initial idea, designed the questionnaire, revised the manuscript, and applied for above fundings. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Tong, R., Wang, Y., Zhu, Y. et al. Does the certification of agriculture products promote the adoption of integrated pest management among apple growers in China?. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 29808–29817 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-18523-5

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