Pest management in food systems: An economic perspective

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 223-245

  Waterfield, Gina ^a   Zilberman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Externalities; Government regulation; IPM; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL YIELDS; CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES; CONTROL TREATMENTS; ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE; EXTERNALITIES; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; IPM; YIELD IMPROVEMENT;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 84879891728     PISSN: 15435938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-040911-105628     Document Type: Review

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