Health and environmental costs of pesticide use in vegetable farming in Nepal

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 477-493

  Atreya, Kishor ^a   Johnsen, Fred Håkon ^a   Sitaula, Bishal Kumar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Defensive expenditure; Nepal; Pesticides; Vegetable farming; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FARMING SYSTEM; HEALTH IMPACT; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; TRAINING; VEGETABLE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

NEPAL;

EID: 84862216216     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-011-9334-4     Document Type: Article

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