Economics of pesticides, sustainable food production, and organic food markets /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Darwin C. Hall, L. Joe Moffitt.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Elsevier,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2002.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xi, 279 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, map ;
Dimensions
23 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Advances in the economics of environmental resources ;
Volume Designation
4
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
"Dedicated in memory of Carolyn Harper"--Page ix.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Adoption and diffusion os sustainable food technology and policy / Darwin C. Hall and L. Joe Moffitt -- Modeling for pesticide productivity measurement / Darwin C. Hall and L. Joe Moffitt -- Induced innovation and the economics of herbicide use / Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo and Yvon Pho -- Alternative specifications and extensions of the economic threshold concept and the control of livestock pests / Rex Davis and Clement A. Tisdell -- The influence of pest management advice on pesticide use in California tomatoes / Uwe-Carsten Wiebers, Mark Metcalfe and David Zilberman -- Organic farming development in Europe- impacts of regulation and institutional diversity / Johannes Michelsen -- Entry and exit in Caligornia's organic farming sector / Karen Klonsky and Martin D. Smith -- Organic farming policy in the European Union / Susanne Padel, Nicolas H. Lampkin, Stephan Dabbert and Carolyn Foster -- Does it make sense to buy locally produced organic products? / David Vanzetti and Els Wynen -- The impacts of allocation strategies for spatially regulated chemical use / Lori Lynch and Janet Carpenter -- Pesticide avoidance: results from a Sri Lankan study with health policy implications / Clevo Wilson -- A comparison of policies to reduce pesticide poisoning combining economic and toxicological data / David Sunding and Joshua Zivin.
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TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Agricultural pests-- Integrated control.
Food supply.
Natural foods.
Pesticides-- Environmental aspects.
Aliments-- Approvisionnement.
Aliments naturels.
Ennemis des cultures, Lutte intégrée contre les.