Pesticide consumption and productivity and the potential of IPM in Bangladesh

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 445-446, Issue , 2013, Pages 48-56

  Rahman, Sanzidur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Determinants of pesticide use; Integrated Pest Management (IPM); Pesticide regulatory framework; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; DETERMINANTS OF PESTICIDE USE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS; TREND ANALYSIS;

CROPS; PEST CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY;

PESTICIDES;

CARBAMIC ACID; FERTILIZER; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; GREEN REVOLUTION; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TREND ANALYSIS; YIELD RESPONSE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HARVEST; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; NONHUMAN; PEST MANAGEMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY;

AGRICULTURE; BANGLADESH; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDES;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84872417896     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.12.032     Document Type: Article

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