Measuring pesticide ecological and health risks in West African agriculture to establish an enabling environment for sustainable intensification

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1639, 2014, Pages

  Jepson, P C ^a   Guzy, M ^a   Blaustein, K ^a   Sow, M ^b   Sarr, M ^c   Mineau, P ^d   Kegley, S ^e  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Enda Pronat   (Senegal)

^c UN Food and Agriculture Organization   (Senegal)

^d Pierre Mineau Consulting   (Canada)

^e Pesticide Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Food security; Pesticide regulation; Risk assessment; Sub Saharan Africa; Sustainable intensification

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH RISK; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

PESTICIDE;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PESTICIDE REGULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUSTAINABLE INTENSIFICATION;

FOOD SECURITY; PESTICIDE REGULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUSTAINABLE INTENSIFICATION;

AFRICA, WESTERN; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84907424299     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0491     Document Type: Article

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