Perceptions and pesticides use practices of rice farmers in hiroshima prefecture, Japan

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 5-30

  Parveen, Sultana ^a   Nakagoshi, Nobukazu ^a   Kimura, Ayako ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Environment; Impact; Perception; Pesticide; Rice farmers

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FOOD SAFETY; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE; RICE;

JAPAN;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0142040647     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v22n04_03     Document Type: Article

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