The Economics of Pest Management

Marc Safley (a16msafley@attmail.com)
Tue, 20 Jun 1995 14:06:47 -0500

I have become aware of two studies that have been concluded that have
examined the effects of two pesticide use reduction scenarios: 50%
reduction and 100% reduction. These were performed on fruit and
vegetable crops and showed various declines in overall production,
quality, increases in price, etc.

My question for these lists is this...Do you know of studies of the
economics (benefit/cost or other analyses) of sustainable agricultural
systems for fruit, vegetables, or any other crop (animal or plant)?

If you do, please send the reference to my colleague Dr. Doug Lawrence,
NRCS. His address on the net is a16dlawrence @attmail.com.

I thank you in advance for your help.

Marc Safley
Sustainable Agriculture Coordinator
NRCS, Washington, DC

PS: Dr. Magdoff can ignore this message. Thanks, Fred.