农业技术推广过程中制度因素的影响——湖北省天门棉花害虫综合防治项目案例分析报告

In view of the deteriorating agricultural pollution caused by application of substantial chemical pesticides to control pest as well as failure control to due to pests resistance to the chemicals in Chinas major cottonproducing areas, an IPM pilot project financed by Asian Development Bank and conducted by CABI was implemented in China's Tianmen City,Hubei Province from 1993 to 1996. This project was aimed at studying and developing an IPM technical system suited to Chinas major cottonproducing areas in order to control pest damage and improve ecoenvironment.Compared with the guideline and measures of China's plant protection system, the IPM project was more environmental protection oriented technically and more decentralized in terms of decision making (decision making by farmers), both of which were closely related.