Economic evaluation of pesticide use externalities in the cotton zones of Punjab, Pakistan

Pakistan Development Review

Volumn 41, Issue 4 PART 2, 2002, Pages 683-698

  Khan, M Azeem ^a   Iqbal, Muhammad ^b   Ahmad, Iftikhar ^a   Soomro, Manzoor H ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTTON; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH IMPACT; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PESTICIDE;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 1842588767     PISSN: 00309729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30541/v41i4iipp.683-698     Document Type: Article

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