Could society's willingness to reduce pesticide use be aligned with farmers' economic self-interest?

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1797-1804

  Boussemart, Jean Philippe ^a   Leleu, Hervé ^a   Ojo, Oluwaseun ^a  

^a IESEG School of Management   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural extensification; Agricultural intensification; Environmental performance; Non parametric cost functions; Pesticide reduction

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROPPING PRACTICE; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; FARMERS ATTITUDE; PESTICIDE; SUSTAINABILITY;

FRANCE;

EID: 79959822021     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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