Synergies of integrated pest and pollinator management in avocado farming in East Africa: An ex-ante economic analysis

Using synthetic pesticides to manage pests can threaten pollination services, affecting the productivity of pollination-dependent crops such as avocado. The need to mitigate this negative externality has led to the emergence of the concept of integrated pest and pollinator management (IPPM) to achie...

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Published in:PloS one 2022-07, Vol.17 (7), p.e0271241
Main Authors: Wangithi, Charity, Muriithi, Beatrice W, Diiro, Gracious, Dubois, Thomas, Mohamed, Samira, Lattorff, Michael G, Ngowi, Benignus V, Abdel-Rahman, Elfatih M, Adan, Mariam, Kassie, Menale
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural economics
Agricultural production
Agriculture
Avocado
Biology and Life Sciences
Consumers
Cooperation
Crop diseases
Crops
Economic analysis
Economic development
Economic models
Exports
Farmers
Fruits
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Growth
Humans
Impact analysis
Management
People and Places
Persea
Pest Control
Pesticides
Pests
Plant reproduction
Pollination
Pollinators
Poverty
Prices
Production costs
Productivity
Social Sciences
Tanzania
Value chain
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Summary:Using synthetic pesticides to manage pests can threaten pollination services, affecting the productivity of pollination-dependent crops such as avocado. The need to mitigate this negative externality has led to the emergence of the concept of integrated pest and pollinator management (IPPM) to achieve both pest and pollinator management, leading to complementary or synergistic benefits for yield and quality of the harvest. This paper aims to evaluate the potential economic and welfare impact of IPPM in avocado production systems in Kenya and Tanzania. We utilize both primary and secondary data and employed the economic surplus model. On average the potential economic gain from the adoption of IPPM is US$ 66 million annually in Kenya, with a benefit-cost ratio (BCR) of 13:1, while in Tanzania US$ 1.4 million per year, with a BCR of 34:1. The potential benefits from IPPM intervention gains are expected to reduce the number of poor people in Kenya and Tanzania by 10,464 and 1,255 people per year respectively. The findings conclude that policies that enhance the adoption of IPPM can fast-track economic development and therefore improve the livelihoods of various actors across the avocado value chain.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0271241