Social and Economic Aspects of Areawide Pest Management

Authors

Sean P. Keenan, Oklahoma State University
Paul A. Burgener, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

2008

Comments

Published in Areawide Pest Management: Theory and Implementation (eds O. Koul, G. Cuperus and N. Elliott) p. 97-116

Abstract

This chapter explores demonstration elements from the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service's demonstration programme for cereal aphid AWPM. We explore elements of the demonstration programme as agricultural innovations. We discuss potential adoption of these elements by wheat producers on the Great Plains and implications of the programme outcomes for other wheat-growing regions of the world. We begin with a history of research on the adoption of agricultural innovations, which provides the context for evaluating the cereal aphid programme from the perspective of farmer adoption. Chapter 19, this volume, by Kristopher Giles et al. provides a summary and assessment of the research and technological developments of the cereal aphid AWPM programme