Consumer Acceptance of Pesticide-Free Dairy Products in Germany: A Partial Least Square Model DOI Creative Commons
Marie-Catherine Wendt, Ramona Weinrich

German Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 73(2)

Published: June 11, 2024

A key challenge in this century is to ensure safe food for a growing global population while limiting environmental impacts and addressing climate change. Although pesticides high yields, there are downsides their intensive use, including negative effects on the environment, such as water, soil, air contamination, well biodiversity. To promote sustainability transition, innovative farming systems that do not require use of yet non-organic can be part solution. explore attitudes toward pesticide-free, but system, we examined factors drive German consumers accept pesticide-free products, using an online questionnaire survey 1,010 consumers. range hypotheses were evaluated determine influence consumer decisions. Partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) served assess acceptance milk, butter, cheese. The study results show products driven by health consciousness, chemophobia, perceived effectiveness; they inhibited price sensitivity. We find towards positively moderate effect chemophobic effectiveness products. Our findings support researchers, industry professionals, regulatory leaders seeking scalable agricultural production methods.

Language: Английский

The emergence of pesticide-free crop production systems in Europe DOI
Robert Finger, Niklas Möhring

Nature Plants, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10(3), P. 360 - 366

Published: March 14, 2024

Language: Английский

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Towards sustainable crop protection in agriculture: A framework for research and policy DOI Creative Commons
Robert Finger, Jaap Sok, Emmanuel Ahovi

et al.

Agricultural Systems, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 219, P. 104037 - 104037

Published: June 20, 2024

Language: Английский

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Agroecological and technological practices in European arable farming: Past uptake and expert visions for future development DOI Creative Commons
Yafei Li, Julian Helfenstein, Rebecca Swart

et al.

Land Use Policy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 153, P. 107553 - 107553

Published: April 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Modeling the implications of policy reforms on pesticide risk for Switzerland DOI Creative Commons

Sibylle Dueri,

Gabriele Mack

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 928, P. 172436 - 172436

Published: April 15, 2024

Growing public awareness of the negative effects pesticides on environment, ecosystems, and human health has led governments to set targets for reducing pesticide risk. Switzerland introduced in 2023 two new policy measures reduce risk by 50 % 2027: (1) voluntary direct payment programs supporting pesticide-reduced pesticide-free but non-organic cropping systems most crops arable land, (2) restrictions harmful farmers managing under Swiss cross-compliance standards. This study aims develop a method assess national scale carry out an ex-ante impact assessment predict whether these policies can effectively risks Switzerland. Therefore, we crop-specific quantities scores into sample 1907 bio-economic farm optimization models. The models were used farmers' adoption decisions regarding from 2019 2030. By combining with agent-based modeling approach, assessed evolution pesticide-related at level. Simulations 2022 reflected observed monitored government. In surface waters semi-natural habitats, achieving target depends pyrethroids, class insecticides high-risk potential. Further, highlight significant uncertainty projecting potential habitats due about amounts pyrethroid different crops. results underline need comprehensive datasets use

Language: Английский

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Research progress on climate change adaptation strategies to control invasive crop pest in sub-Saharan Africa: a bibliometric and systematic review DOI Creative Commons
Eméline Sêssi Pélagie Assèdé, Calvince O OTHOO, Ahmadou Ly

et al.

Frontiers in Climate, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 7

Published: Feb. 3, 2025

This bibliometric and systematic review assesses research progress climate change adaptation strategies to control invasive crop pests in sub-Saharan Africa. Scientific publications on pest management Africa a context of were extracted from papers published between 1991 2024. A literature search was conducted Scopus, dimension, google scholar, followed by screening data extraction compliance with ROSES standards. Findings indicated that such as armyworms, fruit flies coffee berry borer cause huge losses. Communities are adopting integrated management, water harvesting, drip irrigation, resistant varieties, improving production efficiency. Agro-ecological practices reduce invasions while preserving the environment. Meanwhile, chemical insecticide use remains an emergency solution its effects would be more efficient. However, promising approaches emerge around biocontrol, agroforestry integrating gender-tailored strategies. Nevertheless, regional disparities persist scientific output. In conclusion, represent major plant health crisis Africa, this highlights innovative Their development will require coordinated mobilization catalyze sustainable agro-ecological transition needs address these multidimensional challenges. Future should assess farmer’s perception effectiveness existing for pests.

Language: Английский

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Current-use pesticides in vegetation, topsoil and water reveal contaminated landscapes of the Upper Rhine Valley, Germany DOI Creative Commons
Ken M. Mauser, Jakob Wolfram, Jürg W. Spaak

et al.

Communications Earth & Environment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 6(1)

Published: March 12, 2025

Language: Английский

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Consumers’ Acceptance and Willingness to Pay for Olive Oil with Reduced Pesticide Use in EU Mediterranean Region: A Reference-Dependent Contingent Valuation Approach DOI Creative Commons
Noah Larvoe,

Yasmina Baba,

Zein Kallas

et al.

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 101629 - 101629

Published: Dec. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Consumer Acceptance of Pesticide-Free Dairy Products in Germany: A Partial Least Square Model DOI Creative Commons
Marie-Catherine Wendt, Ramona Weinrich

German Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 73(2)

Published: June 11, 2024

A key challenge in this century is to ensure safe food for a growing global population while limiting environmental impacts and addressing climate change. Although pesticides high yields, there are downsides their intensive use, including negative effects on the environment, such as water, soil, air contamination, well biodiversity. To promote sustainability transition, innovative farming systems that do not require use of yet non-organic can be part solution. explore attitudes toward pesticide-free, but system, we examined factors drive German consumers accept pesticide-free products, using an online questionnaire survey 1,010 consumers. range hypotheses were evaluated determine influence consumer decisions. Partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) served assess acceptance milk, butter, cheese. The study results show products driven by health consciousness, chemophobia, perceived effectiveness; they inhibited price sensitivity. We find towards positively moderate effect chemophobic effectiveness products. Our findings support researchers, industry professionals, regulatory leaders seeking scalable agricultural production methods.

Language: Английский

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