Further evidence on pesticides, productivity and farmer health: Potato production in Ecuador

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-207

  Antle, John M ^a,d,e   Cole, Donald C ^b   Crissman, Charles C ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c International Potato Centre Quito   (Ecuador)

^d Trade Research Center

^e Resources for the Future ^*

Author keywords

Farmer health; Pesticides; Potato production

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031921920     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(97)00036-4     Document Type: Article

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