Parsa S. auteur aut IRD Morse S. auteur aut IRD Bonifacio A. auteur aut IRD Chancellor T. C. B. auteur aut IRD Condori B. auteur aut IRD Crespo-Perez V. auteur aut IRD Hobbs S. L. A. auteur aut IRD Kroschel J. auteur aut IRD Ba M. N. auteur aut IRD Rebaudo François auteur aut IRD Sherwood S. G. auteur aut IRD Vanek S. J. auteur aut IRD Faye E. auteur aut IRD Herrera M. A. auteur aut IRD Dangles Olivier auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access Despite its theoretical prominence and sound principles, integrated pest management (IPM) continues to suffer from anemic adoption rates in developing countries. To shed light on the reasons, we surveyed the opinions of a large and diverse pool of IPM professionals and practitioners from 96 countries by using structured concept mapping. The first phase of this method elicited 413 open-ended responses on perceived obstacles to IPM. Analysis of responses revealed 51 unique statements on obstacles, the most frequent of which was "insufficient training and technical support to farmers." Cluster analyses, based on participant opinions, grouped these unique statements into six themes: research weaknesses, outreach weaknesses, IPM weaknesses, farmer weaknesses, pesticide industry interference, and weak adoption incentives. Subsequently, 163 participants rated the obstacles expressed in the 51 unique statements according to importance and remediation difficulty. Respondents from developing countries and high-income countries rated the obstacles differently. As a group, developing-country respondents rated "IPM requires collective action within a farming community" as their top obstacle to IPM adoption. Respondents from high-income countries prioritized instead the "shortage of well-qualified IPM experts and extensionists." Differential prioritization was also evident among developing-country regions, and when obstacle statements were grouped into themes. Results highlighted the need to improve the participation of stakeholders from developing countries in the IPM adoption debate, and also to situate the debate within specific regional contexts. specialized sustainable agriculture technology adoption collective action dilemma TIERS MONDE 098 076 111 10 3889-3894 2014 0027-8424 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010061857 10.1073/pnas.1312693111 0027-8424 [F B010061857] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010061857 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2014/04/010061857.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2014-04-29 2017-08-23 fdi:010061857 fre