Farmer's Adoption of Neem as an Organic Pesticide in Nagpur, India: A Case Study of 'The Neem Foundation' Activities

摘要

This paper aims to analyze data collected from farmers who participated in The Neem Foundation (NF) activities and used homemade Neem pesticides (HNP) and normal chemical pesticides under commercial field conditions. This study examines the relationships between farmers' acceptance of Neem pesticide and their socioeconomic status. According to Sharma [4], the process to make a general organic pesticide is time consuming and complicated, and this is the main reason why farmers do not want to adopt it. However, none of the previous research focuses on Neem pesticides or socioeconomic factors. We analyze the farmers' acceptance of Neem as an organic pesticide, and assess the impact of farmers' education level, annual income, and other factors.