doses. A key element of the program, and one of its biggest costs, is training of farmers in its use. Indonesia has been one … the leaders in the use of IPM. Since 1989, a national IPM program has helped farmers in Indonesia reduce their dependence … on pesticides and increase their harvests. It has also dramatically reduced the incidence of pesticide-related illnesses …

inflicted by insects and diseases. Annual pesticide production reached more than 500,000 metric tons after the mid-1990s (Huang … et al., 2000). China was the second largest pesticide using country in the world in the 1980s and is the largest … pesticide-using country in the world in the 1990s (Wang, 1999). The overall goal of this study is to have a better understanding …

health impairments that may be attributed to prolonged pesticide use. Then, the pesticides' negative effects on farmers … employed to relate econometrically a set of farmer characteristics to indicators of pesticide exposure to identify types of … farmers' health via the number of contacts rather than the total dose. Meanwhile, the higher the number of the doses and the …

chemicals over the last twenty years. In order to get a clearer understanding of the consequences of pesticide use, a team of … impact on farmers' health and their economic well being. The research concluded that changes in agricultural training and … escalating pesticide use caused by intensive cultivation, and the widespread adoption of fertiliser-responsive varieties, over …

. Its main conclusion was that misuse of pesticide is harming farmers' well being and saddling them with health costs of …The study looked at how agrochemicals affect both the profitability and the health of rice farmers in the Mekong Delta … over 90,000 VND each per rice crop. It also shows that a tax could optimize the level of pesticide use and so improve the …

The purpose of the study is to assess the impact of tariff reductions on imported potatoes on farmers, consumers and … the environment. Potato cultivation employs about 25,000 farmers in Sri Lanka, so has received substantial government …

Poor air quality in Indonesia's capital city is having a significant impact on residents' health and there is an urgent …

Poor air quality in Indonesia's capital city is having a significant impact on residents' health and there is an urgent …

-labelling implementation by Indonesia’s smallholder coffee farmers using financial analysis. Financial analysis was used to compare the … agricultural commodities of Indonesia in 2008. Together with state-owned and private plantations, they add up to 969,082 ha of area … harvested – the second largest in the world. Nevertheless, Indonesia ranked only seventh in the world in terms of yield per …