Jha, Ratna Kumar; Regmi, Adhrit - The South Asian Network for Development and …
uses data from a sample of Cole crop (Cauliflower and Cabbage) growing households in the Bhaktapur district of Nepal to … study the impact of pesticides on agriculture production. The results suggest that the marginal productivity of pesticides … is close to zero for the average farmer, indicating an excessive use of pesticides. While the study estimates the optimal …