Growing vegetables in developing countries for local urban populations and export markets: Problems confronting small-scale producers

Pest Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 575-582

  Dinham, Barbara ^a  

^a Pesticide Action Network UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Export crops; IPM; Pesticides; Vegetable production

Indexed keywords

2 IMIDAZOLIDINETHIONE; ENDOSULFAN; FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; METHAMIDOPHOS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

CONTROL SYSTEM; FARMING SYSTEM; MANAGEMENT; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE; VEGETABLE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROP; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MARKETING; PEST MANAGEMENT; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; TRAINING; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLE;

AGRICULTURE; COMMERCE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLES;

INSECTA;

EID: 0038033019     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.654     Document Type: Conference Paper

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