Cost: Benefit analysis of botanical insecticide use in cabbage: Implications for smallholder farmers in developing countries

Crop Protection

Volumn 57, Issue , 2014, Pages 71-76

  Amoabeng, Blankson W ^a,e   Gurr, Geoff M ^b,f   Gitau, Catherine W ^f   Stevenson, Philip C ^c,d  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Institute of Applied Ecology   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^e CSIR CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^f NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Africa; Biopesticide; Economics; Ghana; Plutella xylostella; Yield

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOPESTICIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PEST; CROP YIELD; DEVELOPING WORLD; DICOTYLEDON; EMAMECTIN BENZOATE; INSECTICIDE; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MOTH; PLANT EXTRACT; SMALLHOLDER;

AFRICA; GHANA;

EID: 84891786030     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2013.11.019     Document Type: Article

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