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Researchers
Farm Advisors
Input costs
The grower
The Pest Control
Advisor
?
The Pest Complex
Figure 5.5
Conventional wisdom about the risks of pest-management decision making.
Researchers
Locally specific
agroecological
knowledge
Partnership
organizations:
NGOs
Commodity
organizations
Input costs
Farm
Advisors
Market prices
RISK
: Grower &
worker safety
RISK
:
Negative
public
perception
The grower
The Pest
Control
Advisor
RISK:
Regulatory
pressure
?
The Pest Complex
RISK
: Declining pesticide efficacy
Figure 5.6
Partnerships promote a more comprehensive perception of risk.
