Pesticide Free Production: Characteristics of farms and farmers participating in a pesticide use reduction pilot project in Manitoba, Canada

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 4-14

  Nazarko, Orla M ^a   Van Acker, Rene C ^a   Entz, Martin H ^a   Schoofs, Allison ^a   Martens, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ACAP scale; Alternative Conventional Agriculture Paradigm scale; Barley; Flax; Integrated pest management; IPM; Low input agriculture; Manitoba; Oats; Participatory research; Pesticide Free Production; Pesticide use reduction; PFP; Spring wheat

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CROP PRODUCTION; FARMERS ATTITUDE; PESTICIDE;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

AVENA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 1942539126     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/RAFS200004     Document Type: Article

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