Factors determining pesticide use practices by farmers in the Sultanate of Oman

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 476-477, Issue , 2014, Pages 505-512

  Al Zadjali, Said ^a,b   Morse, Stephen ^b   Chenoweth, Jonathan ^b   Deadman, Mike ^c  

^a Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Farmers' Association; Oman; Pesticide use; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; SURVEYS;

ACTIVE INGREDIENTS; FARMERS' ASSOCIATION; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA; OMAN; PESTICIDE USE; RISK AVERSION; SULTANATE OF OMAN;

PESTICIDES;

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FARMING SYSTEM; LANDOWNERSHIP; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SMALLHOLDER; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA; OMAN; ORGANIZATION; PATENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BELIEF;

OMAN;

FARMERS' ASSOCIATION; OMAN; PESTICIDE USE; RISK AVERSION;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; OMAN; PESTICIDES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84893362638     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.12.040     Document Type: Article

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