Using economic incentives for pesticide usage reductions: Responsiveness to input taxation and agricultural systems

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 175-194

  Falconer, K ^a   Hodge, I ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural pesticides; Low input farming; Price responsiveness

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; FARMING SYSTEM; PESTICIDE; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 0034107231     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(00)00007-X     Document Type: Article

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