Why farmers continue to use pesticides despite environmental, health and sustainability costs

Ecological Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 449-462

  Wilson, C ^a   Tisdell, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Environment; Human health; Hysteresis; Pesticides; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

FARMERS ATTITUDE; HEALTH IMPACT; PESTICIDE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 0035674045     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(01)00238-5     Document Type: Article

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