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INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT AND WATER QUALITY
Author(s) -
Moffitt L. JOE
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
contemporary economic policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.454
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1465-7287
pISSN - 1074-3529
DOI - 10.1111/j.1465-7287.1993.tb00384.x
Subject(s) - integrated pest management , pest control , business , quality (philosophy) , pest analysis , water quality , environmental planning , agricultural science , agricultural engineering , environmental science , engineering , agronomy , ecology , marketing , biology , philosophy , epistemology
Integrated pest management (IPM) is a promising alternative to conventional pesticide‐based pest control because IPM practices are less likely to pollute water supplies. Rational application of IPM principles is at least as profitable for farmers as is conventional pest control. However, better protection of water quality is not automatic. Publicly funded IPM programs should explicitly incorporate water and other environmental quality objectives to help ensure that farmers achieve these goals.