Use of models to assess the reduction in contamination of water bodies by agricultural pesticides through the implementation of policy instruments: A case study of the Voluntary Initiative in the UK

Pest Management Science

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1138-1149

  Garratt, James ^a   Kennedy, Angela ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contamination; Farmer behaviour; Pesticides; Voluntary Initiative; Water

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; FRESH WATER; PESTICIDE;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FARMERS ATTITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PESTICIDE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION POLICY; VOLUNTARY APPROACH; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; AGROCHEMICALS; FRESH WATER; GREAT BRITAIN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PESTICIDES; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845296918     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1284     Document Type: Article

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