Factors influencing the adoption of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) techniques are studied using survey data from individual vegetable producers from Florida, Michigan, and Texas. Farmers who adopt IPM tend to be less risk averse and use more managerial time on farm activities than nonadopters....

An argument can be made for public support of pre-commercial research and development (R&D) when private industry, acting in response to market incentives, underinvests in socially desireable projects. Research projects meeting this criterion must still compete for scarce public funds. The...