Kiel Working Papers, Kiel Institute for World Economics
No 989:
Measuring the Benefit-Cost Ratio of Public IPM Technology Transfer Programs: An Optimal Control Framework and an Application to Nepalese Agriculture
Manfred Wiebelt
Abstract: Despite favourable ecological and economic results, many
developing countries have not yet adopted an integrated pesticide
management (IPM). Given rising marginal costs and diminishing marginal
benefits from IPM technology transfer, an optimal control framework is used
to identify optimal rates of technology transfer. The framework is applied
to Nepalese agriculture to illustrate the dynamic adoption process for IPM.
The results indicate that public IPM technology transfer programs should be
targeted to maintain about 50% of agricultural production in IPM. The
benefit-cost ratio is approximately 7.9:1. If the educational program is
financed by a tax on chemical inputs the benefit-cost ratio would be
9.1:1.
Keywords: Integrated pesticide management, cost-benefit analysis, extension, dynamic optimisation, Nepal; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: C61; D61; Q16; Q2; (follow links to similar papers)
22 pages, July 2000
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