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Neighborhood Effects in Pesticide Use : Evidence from the Rural Philippines

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  • Takeshi Aida

    (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)

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This study investigates how pesticide use by neighboring farmers affects a given farmer's pesticide use. Although it is common knowledge that pesticide use has spatial externalities, few empirical economic studies directly analyze this issue. Applying the spatial panel econometric model to the plot-level panel data in Bohol, the Philippines, this study shows that the pesticide use, especially for herbicides, is spatially correlated although there is no statistically significant spatial correlation in unobserved shocks. This implies that farmers apply pesticides by mimicking neighboring farmers' behavior rather than rationally responding to the intensity of infestation.

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  • Takeshi Aida, 2016. "Neighborhood Effects in Pesticide Use : Evidence from the Rural Philippines," GRIPS Discussion Papers 16-02, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.
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    1. Dakuan Qiao & Lei Luo & Chenyang Zhou & Xinhong Fu, 2023. "The influence of social learning on Chinese farmers’ adoption of green pest control: mediation by environmental literacy and moderation by market conditions," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 25(11), pages 13305-13330, November.
    2. Chunfang Yang & Hengyuan Zeng & Yifeng Zhang, 2022. "Are Socialized Services of Agricultural Green Production Conducive to the Reduction in Fertilizer Input? Empirical Evidence from Rural China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(22), pages 1-16, November.
    3. Hasibuan, Abdul Muis & Gregg, Daniel & Stringer, Randy, 2022. "Risk preferences, intra-household dynamics and spatial effects on chemical inputs use: Case of small-scale citrus farmers in Indonesia," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 122(C).
    4. Zheng, Yanan & Goodhue, Rachael E., 2021. "Cross-crop Spatial Externalities of Pesticide Use: Management of Lygus Bugs in the San Joaquin Valley of California," 2021 Annual Meeting, August 1-3, Austin, Texas 313888, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    5. Aya Suzuki & Susan Olivia & Vu Hoang Nam & Guenwoo Lee, 2024. "Water Pollution Spillovers or Peer Effects? Determinants of Disease Outbreak in Shrimp Farming in Vietnam," Working Papers in Economics 24/04, University of Waikato.

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