Pesticide use in Sub-Saharan Africa: Estimates, projections, and implications in the context of food system transformation

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.contributor.donorAgencia Brasileira de Cooperaçãoen
cg.coverage.countryZambia
cg.coverage.countryMozambique
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZM
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MZ
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africa
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierJennifer Cairns Smart: 0000-0001-6035-1732
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.identifier.urlhttps://purl.umn.edu/273900en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorSnyder, Jason Een
dc.contributor.authorSmart, Jennyen
dc.contributor.authorGoeb, Joseph C.en
dc.contributor.authorTschirley, Daviden
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:04:38Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:04:38Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/145543
dc.titlePesticide use in Sub-Saharan Africa: Estimates, projections, and implications in the context of food system transformationen
dcterms.abstractThe purpose of this paper is to characterize pesticide use in developing Sub-Saharan Africa (dSSA) in the context of urbanization, income growth, and food system change. To do this we (1) estimate some of the correlates of pesticide use worldwide and use them to predict trends in SubSaharan Africa through 2040, and (2) present new household survey results on pesticide purchase behavior by horticultural farmers supplying urban markets in Zambia and Mozambique. Our analysis shows that income per capita and population are positive and significant drivers of pesticide use, while surprisingly, urbanization, if controlling for other factors, is actually a negative driver, along with agricultural share of GDP. Our model predicts that total pesticide use in d-SSA will increase by a factor of 1.24 to 2.32 - depending on the income growth scenario - but will still be low compared to the rest of the world.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSnyder, Jason; Smart, Jenny; Goeb, Joseph C.; and Tschirley, David. 2018. Pesticide use in Sub-Saharan Africa: Estimates, projections, and implications in the context of food system transformation. Presented at the 2018 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, United States, August 5-7, 2018. https://purl.umn.edu/273900en
dcterms.issued2019-08-06
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherAgricultural and Applied Economics Associationen
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.135883en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/6783en
dcterms.subjectwillingness to payen
dcterms.subjecthealthen
dcterms.subjectpest managementen
dcterms.subjecthorticultureen
dcterms.subjectpesticidesen
dcterms.subjectfood systemsen
dcterms.subjecthealth hazardsen
dcterms.typeConference Paper

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