HEALTH COSTS AND EXTERNALITIES OF PESTICIDE USE IN LOCUST AND GRASSHOPPER CONTROL IN THE SAHEL

To evaluate the economic cost of classical chemical control of locusts, externalities of chemical pesticides in the Sahel are estimated through a farmer survey. The costs of human health, losses in domestic animals and of destroying obsolete pesticides are estimated at $4 per treated ha for chemical control.

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Year of publication:	1998
Authors:	Houndekon, Victorin A. ; De Groote, Hugo
Institutions:	Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA
Subject:	Environmental Economics and Policy \| Health Economics and Policy

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Series:	1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series 1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT Number 20966
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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