The true price of pesticides

Bugs in the System: Redesigning the Pesticide Industry for Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 50-93

  Pearce, David ^a   Tinch, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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