We know where the shoe pinches:1 A case studybased analysis of the social benefits of pesticides

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 79-87

  Bennett, Ben ^a   Cooper, Jerry ^a   Dobson, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benefits; Case studies; Pesticides; Social benefits

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955596387     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000010791745420     Document Type: Article

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