Pesticide use and risk perceptions among farmers in the cotton belt of Punjab, Pakistan

Crop Protection

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 184-190

  Khan, Muhammad ^a   Mahmood, Hafiz Zahid ^a   Damalas, Christos A ^b  

^a Process and Energy Systems Engineering Center PRESTIGE   (Pakistan)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Education; Farmers' behavior; Health hazards; Pesticide overuse; Training

Indexed keywords

COTTON; DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATION REFORM; HEALTH RISK; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; RISK PERCEPTION; RURAL POPULATION; TRAINING;

PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN];

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84925359538     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2014.10.013     Document Type: Article

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