Priyanka Agrawal, Mahin Sharif

Towards Sustainable Farming:

Behavioral Interventions in Pesticide Use

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book we examine the effectiveness of behavioural nudges in promoting responsible pesticide use in Eastern India's paddy fields.The intervention includes, simplified pesticide calculations to reduce cognitive load and visual reminders of pesticide risks, significant increases in paddy yield and decreases in variable costs were observed.The book highlights how these behavioural interventions effectively influenced farmers' production behaviour, leading to more sustainable resource utilization. It emphasizes the potential of behavioural economics tools in promoting responsible agricultural practices and underscores the importance of further research and policy initiatives in this direction.Through compelling insights and practical implications, "Nudging for Sustainability" offers valuable contributions to the discourse on sustainable agriculture and behavioural economics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 68
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 119g
• ISBN-13: 9786207469048
• ISBN-10: 6207469046
• Artikelnr.: 70316796

Autorenporträt

Ms. Priyanka is avid researcher in the field of agricultural economics and presently she is Doctoral candidate in the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, India. Dr. Mahin Sharif is Assistant Professor in the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore.