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Malaria and agriculture: A global review of the literature with a focus on the application of integrated pest and vector management in East Africa and Uganda
Wielgosz, Benjamin; Mangheni, Margaret Najjingo; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Malaria is one of the top five causes of death worldwide, and roughly half the world’s population lives at risk of the disease. This health problem disproportionately affects the poor, particularly those in Africa south of the Sahara, where the disease is widespread. Many of those most...
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Do agri-environmental schemes help reduce herbicide use? : evidence from a natural experiment in France
Kuhfuss, Laure; Subervie, Julie - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011300820
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Fairtrade, agrochemical input use, and effects on human health and the environment
Sellare, Jorge; Meemken, Eva-Maria; Qaim, Matin - 2020
safe handling of pesticides and occupational health, which can reduce negative externalities in spite of higher input …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012147121
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Information, pesticide safety behaviors, and toxicity risk perceptions evidence from Zambia and Mozambique
Goeb, Joseph; Smart, Jenny Cairns; Snyder, Jason; … - 2022
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Climate risks and damage abatement effects of pesticides : evidence based on four-wave panel data in Nigeria
Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Edeh, Hyacinth O.; Lawal, Akeem O.; … - 2023
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What determines a sustained use of approved pesticides for cleaner production and its impact on yield? : Evidence from the cocoa industry in Osun State, Nigeria
Oyenpemi, Lawrence O.; Tijani, Akeem A.; Kehinde, … - In: Cleaner and responsible consumption 9 (2023), pp. 1-12
Due to various health issues connected to the use of pesticides, cleaner production is now necessary for the cocoa … limitations, usage of approved pesticides has been low, which is due to many reasons which remain unknown. The study is concerned … with identifying the factors that affect farmers' decisions to use approved pesticides and its sustained usage. About 200 …
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Taxes and Tradable Permits As Instruments for Controlling Pollution; Theory and Practice
Norregaard, John; Reppelin-Hill, Valérie - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
This paper examines the relative merits of two dominant economic instruments for reducing pollution—”green” taxes and … other. In practice, however, most countries have relied more on taxes than on permits to control pollution. The analysis …
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The role of distinction in dialectical analyses of socioecology : metabolic rift, world ecology, and urban political ecology
Hedlund, John; Longo, Stefano B.; Clark, Timothy P. - In: World review of political economy : journal of the … 13 (2022) 4, pp. 449-475
The concept of metabolism, as applied to the interrelations between human society and the rest of nature, has been one of the most fruitful iterations of socioecological thought over the last few decades. Here we will examine specific orientations of metabolic thought commonly employed in the...
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Index numbers and productivity measurement in multispecies fisheries: an application to the Pacific Coast Trawl Fleet
Squires, Dale - 1988
National Marine Fisheries Service. This study recommends that the following types of economic index numbers be used: chain …
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Stock assessment of the gulf menhaden, Brevoortia patronus, fishery
Vaughan, Douglas S. - 1987
A stock assessment of the gulf menhaden. Brevoortia patronus, fishery was conducted with data on purse-seine landings from 1946 to 1985 and port sampling data from 1964 to 1985. These data were analyzed to determine growth rates, yield-per-recruit, spawner-recruit relationships, and maximum...
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