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Author Wossink, G. A. A

Title The Economics of Agro-Chemicals : an International Overview of Use Patterns, Technical and Institutional Determinants, Policies and Perspectives
Published Milton : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (407 pages)
Series Routledge Revivals Ser
Routledge Revivals Ser
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; 1 Introduction to Agro-chemicals Use; PART I: INVENTORIES AND OVERVIEWS FOR DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE WORLD; 2 Who Will Feed China? Agro-chemicals and China's Grain Strategy to 2010; 3 Growth and Economics of Pesticide Use in India: Overview of the Environment, Patterns and Market Potential; 4 Do Fertilizers Play a Major Role in Sustainable Agricultural Development in West Africa?; 5 Analysis of Intensive Farming Systems in the European Union
PART II: AGRO-CHEMICALS USE AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE6 Agro-chemicals Use and Sustainable Agriculture: Some Observations from a Semi-arid Area of India; 7 Use and Abuse of Chemical Fertilizers in a Resource-scarce Economy: Karnataka Province, India; 8 An Economic Evaluation of Alternative Nutrient Management Practices in Sustaining Resource Base Productivity; 9 Economic Evaluation of Low and High External Input Agriculture: A Production Function Analysis for Indonesia; 10 Evaluating Sustainability of Intensive Farming Systems in China
PART III: EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCERS ' KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTIONS11 Regional Variation in Efficiency of Fertilizer Use: Food Crop Production in Togo; 12 Environmental and Economic Effects of Spatial Variability in Cropping: Nitrogen Fertilization and Site-specific Management; 13 Farmers' Perceptions of Sustainable Production Techniques: Weed Control in Sugarbeet; PART IV: DETERMINANTS OF FERTILIZER AND PESTICIDE USE; 14 The Effect of Price Changes on the Use of Fertilizer and Pesticides in Dutch Wheat Production
15 The Demand for Fertilizer on Upland Rice in the South-west of Burkina Faso: Determinants and Cost and Returns Analysis16 Farm Management of Fungicide Use in Tulips in the Netherlands; PART V: POLICY INSTRUMENTS AND POLICY ANALYSIS: LDCS; 17 Public Policy and Fertilizer Demand in Ghana; 18 Consequences for Agricultural Policies of Analysing Economic and Political Factors of Pesticide Use in Developing Countries; 19 Financial and Economic Evaluation of Phosphate Rock Use to Enhance Soil Fertility in West Africa: Is there a Role for Government?
PART VI: POLICY INSTRUMENTS AND POLICY ANALYSIS: INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES20 External Effects of Agro-chemicals: Are they Important and How do we Cope with them?; 21 Economic Policy and Water Pollution; 22 Benefits of Improving Water Quality in South-western British Columbia: An Application of Economic Valuation Methods; 23 Policy Instruments to Control Multi-nutrients in an Agricultural Watershed; 24 Costs and Benefits of Pesticide Reduction in Agriculture: Best Solutions; PART VII: PERSPECTIVES FOR THE 21 st CENTURY
Notes 25 Transformation and Environment: Perspectives for Central and Eastern European Countries
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Subject Agricultural chemicals -- Congresses
Agricultural chemicals -- Economic aspects -- Congresses
Agricultural chemicals industry -- Government policy -- Congresses
Agricultural chemicals
Agricultural chemicals -- Economic aspects
Agricultural chemicals industry -- Government policy
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Kooten, G. C. van
Peters, G. H
ISBN 9780429861512
0429861516