farming is shown to depend on the prices of pesticide and grain. It is either optimal to use no pesticide or a moderate amount … of pesticide or to apply a chattering control. Pest eradication is never optimal. On the other hand, if the farmer takes … pesticide depending on prices as well as on the shape of the grain production function which is determined by micro parameters …

farming is shown to depend on the prices of pesticide and grain. It is either optimal to use no pesticide or a moderate amount … of pesticide or to apply a chattering control. Pest eradication is never optimal. On the other hand, if the farmer takes … pesticide depending on prices as well as on the shape of the grain production function which is determined by micro parameters …

This paper reviews the impacts and costs of pesticide and fertiliser pollution as well as the policy responses to … health impacts of excess pesticide and fertiliser. In economic terms, nitrogen pollution, for example, has been estimated to … trends in both pesticide sales (per 1000 ha of agricultural land area), and pesticide use (in tonnes of active ingredients …