Pesticides, external costs and policy options for Thai agriculture

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 27, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-113

  Praneetvatakul, Suwanna ^a   Schreinemachers, Pepijn ^b,d   Pananurak, Piyatat ^c   Tipraqsa, Prasnee ^d  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c Knowledge Network Institute of Thailand   (Thailand)

^d CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Crop protection policy; Externality; Food safety; Pesticide Environmental Accounting (PEA); Southeast Asia; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD SAFETY; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PESTICIDE ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING TOOL; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PESTS AND PEST CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT SAFETY; RICE; THAILAND;

EID: 84871749558     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.10.019     Document Type: Article

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