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Cabbage growers perception towards environmental and health safety in IPM adoption in the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia


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Hussein, Md. Ariff and Radam, Alias and Mohd Amin, Hairuddin and Shamsudin, Mad Nasir (2008) Cabbage growers perception towards environmental and health safety in IPM adoption in the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. Agro-Search, 13 (1). pp. 1-14. ISSN 0128-9322

Abstract

Perceptions on the importance of risk avoidance were found to vary depending on the impact category of environmental and health safety. The ranking of five impact categories according to the degree of importance was consistent across the three zones of respondents, starting with humans followed by farm animals, beneficial insects, fish and birds. The willingness to try more environmental friendly practices could have been motivated by their perceptions and beliefs about the harmful environmental impacts of pesticide use. The willingness to adopt alternative pest control practices such as reduced pesticide treatments, cabbage remove hull and pruning, mulching, and biological control was quite high among the farmers. This study showed that IPM programme would generate economic benefits that include improvements in water quality, food safety, pesticide application safety, and long term sustainability of pest management systems.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Economics and Management
Keywords: Cabbage growers; Environmental friendly practices; IPM adoption
Depositing User: Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited: 20 Jun 2015 12:29
Last Modified: 17 Sep 2015 00:50
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13470
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