the same time, the paper is going to divided the pesticides into highly toxic and low toxic pesticides and estimate their … households, the authors gave a comprehensive physical examination and a blood examination to farmers who applied pesticides most … frequently in each household. Findings – This paper indicates that farmers who spray more pesticides are more likely to have …

Many previous empirical studies on the productivity of pesticides suggest that pesticides are under-utilized in … analysis (DEA) to calculate non-parametric measures of the value of the marginal product of pesticides. Furthermore, the effect … of pesticides on the value of the marginal product of productive inputs is investigated in order to analyze technical …

In this paper we study the impact of the regulations on Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) of pesticides on the trade of … into a gravity equation to assess the impact of the differences in MRL of pesticides on trade. Results suggest that the …

large number of medical studies have shown that pesticides and contaminants contribute to various health problems including … vulnerable to the dangers of pesticides and contaminants because as soon as they start eating solid foods, they eat a limited … regulations on Maximum Residual Level of pesticides to those of its major trading partners through a severity index and quantify …

Agrochemical firms have been actively influencing farmers to continue using chemical pesticides and fertilisers … pesticides tends to cause serious environmental degradation and poses a threat to human health; hence it may not be sustainable …

active substances, among these more than 20 pesticides formerly used in crop growing. By doing so the progress in WUE has … been put into question. This paper argues that a sudden reduction of pesticides by 50 % would lead to a need for more than … saving technologies including pesticides. Specific research is needed to clarify which countries would be affected most by a …

In modern agriculture, pesticides feature so prominently in growers’ arsenal to reduce crop damage caused by various … agricultural productivity negatively. In an era of an increasing public awareness on the external effects of pesticides, the EU is … impacts of pesticides are also affecting the farmers’ production environment. A damage abatement specification is used …