Protocols for the Assessment of Economic and Environmental Effects of Integrated Pest Management Programs

State Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs are often called on to demonstrate their impacts. While many studies demonstrate techniques for assessing various economic and environmental effects of IPM, the literature provides little guidance on incorporating the techniques to perform complete assessments of IPM programs. This thesis begins with a discussion of relevant economic and environmental techniques for IPM impact assessment. Next, impact assessment techniques that are widely accepted and analytically feasible are identified. These techniques are incorporated into comprehensive impact assessment frameworks for use by individuals charged with the assessment of state level IPM programs. The study concludes with case studies which show how the assessment protocols were applied to estimate and describe the impacts of the Pennsylvania and Massachusetts sweet corn IPM programs.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Agricultural and Applied Economics

Department dc:contributor.department

Agricultural and Applied Economics

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2000

Author dc:creator

• Beddow, Jason Michael

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Norton, George W.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Riha, Susan
• Bosch, Darrell J.
• Rajotte, Edwin G.

• IPM
• economic impacts
• environmental impacts
• integrated pest management

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

etd-09272000-14340016

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/35204