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Richardson, Leslie; Loomis, John B.; Champ, Patricia A. - 2010

Wildfire seasons are becoming longer and more intense throughout the world, making it increasingly important to monetize the full damages caused by wildfires when analyzing various fire management policies. We estimate the economic costs of the health effects associated with exposure to wildfire...

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Estimating the economic impact of environmental investments on retail costs and dealer strategies for offsetting these costs

Simpson, G.S. - 2009

Retail agrichemical dealers have become increasingly familiar with the concept of containment over the past several years. Currently, containment regulations are in place in 13 states, and are being drafted in 7 others. Agrichemical dealers in these states will be required to assess the...

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The Influences of consumer attitudes and perceptions about pesticides and produce quality on technology transfer

Pool, William McLaren - 1996

Consumers have expressed concern about the human health and environmentalconsequences resulting from the use of agrichemicals by growers to produce food. Thispaper reports the results of a 1995 survey of consumer attitudes and perceptions aboutpesticides and fresh fruit and vegetable quality....

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A EVOLUÇÃO DA INDÚSTRIA DE AGROTÓXICOS NO BRASIL DE 2001 A 2007: A EXPANSÃO DA AGRICULTURA E AS MODIFICAÇÕES NA LEI DE AGROTÓXICOS

Terra, Fabio Henrique Bittes; Pelaez, Victor Manoel - 2008

. From this, the agriculture’s performance supports pressure groups over the pesticides’ regulatory mark, in which … agriculture’s sector entities and pesticides’ industry representative entities have aimed to reduce the exigencies to register new … products, under the allegation that the pesticides’ price should fall, improving brazilian agricultural competitiveness and …

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Potential Impacts of Bt Eggplant on Economic Surplus and Farmers Health in India

Krishna, Vijesh V.; Qaim, Matin - 2007

In this article, the potential impacts of Bt eggplant technology in Indian agriculture are analyzed. Several proprietary Bt hybrids are likely to be commercialized in the near future. Based on field trial data, it is shown that the technology can significantly reduce insecticide applications and...

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Use of agricultural pesticides, maximum residue limits and impact on international trade: a case study

Fermam, Ricardo Kropf Santos; Antunes, Adelaide Maria … - 2009

Pesticides play an important role in agriculture, prevent loses by pests whichdestroy cultures and causes several … damages to producers and to exporting countries ofagriculture products. However, pesticides leave residues where they are used …

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Rural Poverty Analysis: A case study of a district of Nepal

Bhandary, Uddhab - 2008

socioeconomic and natural aspects to categorize villages in a district of Nepal. 24 variables are used to design five indexes …

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Is fair trade “fair”? : a study of handmade paper producers in Nepal

Kharel, Arjun - 2011

the years. Likewise, different training programs sponsored by fair-trade organizations, such as Fair Trade Group Nepal and …

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Handmade Paper Value-Chain of Nepal: Prospects and Challenges in Growth, Distributional Equity and Conservation

Subedi, Bhishma P.; Binayee, Surya; Gyawali, Sushil - 2006

"This study examines the access of the actors along the value-chain of handmade paper markets in Nepal. The access has …

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The relationship between farm size and productivity: empirical evidence from the Nepalese mid-hills

Thapa, Sridhar - 2007

This paper examines the farm size and productivity relationship using data from Nepalese mid hills. The household data used has been drawn from a survey conducted by the author and financed by the Norwegian University of Life Science. The analysis uses models both allowing for and not allowing...

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