Pesticide use and fish harvests in Vietnamese rice agroecosystems

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-14

  Klemick, Heather ^a,b   Lichtenberg, Erik ^b  

^a US Environmental Protection Agency   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Green Revolution; Integrated pest management; Pest management; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; GREEN REVOLUTION; HARVESTING; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PADDY FIELD; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE; RICE;

ASIA; EURASIA; MEKONG DELTA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 38949145818     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.01059.x     Document Type: Article

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