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A EVOLUÇÃO DA INDÚSTRIA DE AGROTÓXICOS NO BRASIL DE 2001 A 2007: A EXPANSÃO DA AGRICULTURA E AS MODIFICAÇÕES NA LEI DE AGROTÓXICOS
Terra, Fabio Henrique Bittes; Pelaez, Victor Manoel - Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural - SOBER - 2008
. From this, the agriculture’s performance supports pressure groups over the pesticides’ regulatory mark, in which … agriculture’s sector entities and pesticides’ industry representative entities have aimed to reduce the exigencies to register new … products, under the allegation that the pesticides’ price should fall, improving brazilian agricultural competitiveness and …
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Tradeoffs Between Water Quality and the Economic Impacts of Low-Input Agriculture in the Coastal Plain of Virginia
Diebel, Penelope L.; Taylor, Daniel B.; Batie, Sandra S.; … - Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State … - 1992
Agricultural activities have been identified as major contributors to the non-point pollution of the Chesapeake Bay. Low-input agricultural practices are being considered to reduce pollution in areas adjoining the Chesapeake Bay. A multiperiod mathematical programming model was used to examine...
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Report Summary: Standing Committee on Commerce Report on FDI in Retail Sector (June 2009)
Burman, Anirudh - eSocialSciences - 2011
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce examined the subject of Foreign and Domestic Investment in the Retail sector beginning April 5, 2007 under the chairmanship of Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi. The Committee placed its report before Parliament on June 9, 2009. [PRS REport]....
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Monitoring Pesticides in Vegetables and the Environment in Meerut District
eSocialSciences; People's Science Institute PSI - 2011
Farmers in Meerut many pesticides wich are banned in West due to their carcinogenic characteristics. PSI’s staff … November 2004 and in May 2005. Considering the nature of pesticides and the possibility of their leaching into the groundwater … help of the Gas Chromatograph in PSI’s EQM lab. Information about the frequency of pesticides applications, quantity and …
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Assessing Investment in Precision Farming for Reducing Pesticide Use in French Viticulture
Lescot, Jean-Marie; Rousset, Sylvain; Souville, Genevieve - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011
French winegrowing farm’s adoption of pesticides-saving technologies. We model choices with regards to investment in …
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Pesticides Residues and Trade: the Apple of Discord?
Drogue, Sophie; DeMaria, Federica - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011
impact of the Maximum Residue Levels (MRL) of pesticides on the trade of apples and pears. Rather than focusing on a … then introduce it into a gravity equation to assess the impact of differences in MRL of pesticides on the trade of apples …
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Chemical Use Reductions in Urban Fringe Agriculture
Adelaja, Adesoji O.; Sullivan, Kevin P.; Hailu, Yohannes G. - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 39 (2010) 3
Using an augmented profit function framework designed to account for externalities related to chemical use in agriculture, this paper explains the chemical use choices of farmers in an urban fringe farming environment. It further estimates empirical logit models of reduced insecticide,...
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Other Side of ‘Growth’ Emerging Health Concerns in Punjab
Jain, Varinder - eSocialSciences - 2007
Environmental problems, partly a consequence of the rapid growth strategy adopted by the state are looming large. With public health services deteriorating rapidly, there is cause for concern and some rethinking on the current growth model.
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Product strategy vis-à-vis environment: are strategies of pesticide manufacturers in India sustainable?
Narula, Sapna A.; Upadhyay, K.M. - In: Social Responsibility Journal 7 (2011) July, pp. 282-294
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present strategic responses of leading Indian pesticide manufacturers to the voice of stakeholders and regulatory authorities regarding environment friendly products and processes. The study has made a unique attempt to analyze the product portfolio of...
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Modelling the Effectiveness of Agricultural Measures to Reduce the Amount of Pesticides Entering Surface Waters
Holvoet, Katrijn; Gevaert, Veerle; Griensven, Ann van; … - In: Water Resources Management 21 (2007) 12, pp. 2027-2035
In agricultural areas, pesticide concentrations in rivers can show a highly dynamic course frequently exceeding the standards. In order to diminish these high concentration peaks and to reduce their negative impacts on the receiving ecosystem, different measures can be taken. The objective of...
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