Impact of Pesticides on Farmer Health and the Rice Environment /

The book covers the various aspects of the use of pesticides, their behavior, degradation, and impacts in wetland ricefields, and presents the results of surveys conducted in the Philippines and Thailand. It includes both bibliographic reviews and selected aspects of the experimental results of a re...

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Main Author: Pingali, Prabhu L.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Roger, Pierre A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1995.
Series:Natural resource management and policy ; 7.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The book covers the various aspects of the use of pesticides, their behavior, degradation, and impacts in wetland ricefields, and presents the results of surveys conducted in the Philippines and Thailand. It includes both bibliographic reviews and selected aspects of the experimental results of a research project on pesticide impacts in wetland ricefields. The first phase of the `Pesticide Impact' project was developed in the Philippines from 1989 to 1991. It was a multidisciplinary/collaborative approach involving scientists from IRRI, NRI (England), ORSTOM (France), UPLB (Philippines) who studied the effects of pesticides on the environment and on farmers' health, and the economical aspects of their use.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 664 pages)
ISBN:9789401106474 (electronic bk.)
9401106479 (electronic bk.)