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Productivity of Pesticides in Vegetable Farming in Nepal
Jha, Ratna Kumar; Regmi, Adhrit Prasad - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper examines the effectiveness of damage control mechanisms to reduce crop losses from agricultural pests. It uses data from a sample of Cole crop (Cauliflower and Cabbage) growing households in the Bhaktapur district of Nepal to study the impact of pesticides on agriculture production.
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Enhancing Sustainability of Cotton Production Systems in West Africa: A Summary of Empirical Evidence from Burkina Faso
Vitale, Jeffrey; Ouattarra, Marc; Vognan, Gaspard - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 8, pp. 1136-1169
Africa has been hesitant to adopt agricultural biotechnology, lagging behind global trends over the past decade. One exception is Burkina Faso, a West African country that commercially released 125,000 ha of Bt cotton in 2009. Bt cotton may serve as a working example of how African countries can...
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Management of the SPS [Sanitary and Phytosanitary] risk in the fresh produce international trade
Codron, Jean Marie - Département Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et … - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011148880
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The impact of crop protection on agricultural production
Popp, Jozsef; Hantos, Krisztina - In: Studies in Agricultural Economics 113 (2011) 1
pesticide use are high relative to the risks or there are no practical alternatives. The number and diversity of biological …. Innovations in pesticide delivery systems in plants promise to reduce adverse environmental impacts even further. The correct use … sense to establish a legal framework that enables organic and pesticide-free markets to emerge and prosper so that consumers …
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Impact of Pesticide Residue Concerns on Fresh Produce Consumption in the UK
Silva, Andres; Garcia Martinez, Marian; Bailey, Alastair - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020641
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Modeling Agricultural Innovation in a Rapidly Developing Country: The Case of Chinese Pesticide Industry
Shi, Guanming; Pray, Carl E. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
innovation or imitation by developing a conceptual model and then empirically testing it using pesticide innovation data from a …
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Impacts of Product Differentiation on the Crop Input Supply Industry
Krause, Mark A. - In: Choices 26 (2011) 1
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The spread of pesticide practices among cost efficient farmers
Boussemart, Jean-Philippe; Leleu, Hervé; Ojo, Oluwaseun - IÉSEG School of Management, Université Catholique de Lille - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671402
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Herbicide-tolerant Transgenic Soybean over 15 Years of Cultivation: Pesticide Use, Weed Resistance, and Some Economic Issues. The Case of the USA
Bonny, Sylvie - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 9, pp. 1302-1322
Genetically modified (GM) herbicide-tolerant (HT) crops have been largely adopted where they have been authorized. Nevertheless, they are fiercely criticized by some, notably because of the herbicide use associated with them. However, how much herbicide is applied to GMHT crops compared to...
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A test of the substitution hypothesis: An analysis of urban and rural trends in solid/liquid poisoning suicides in Taiwan
Chen, Ying-Yeh; Kwok, Chi-Leung; Yip, Paul S.F.; Wu, … - In: Social Science & Medicine 96 (2013) C, pp. 45-51
restricting access to the means of pesticide suicides reduces not only the method-specific suicide rate but also the overall …
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