One of the main pillars of the European Green Pact is the "Farm to Fork" strategy. Launched in May 2020, this strategy aims to build sustainable agri-food production and distribution processes. The aim of this research is to estimate the impact of inorganic pesticide and fertiliser use on...

Against the background of the goals of the European Green Deal to reduce the use of pesticides by 50% and fertilizers by 20% by 2030, the current analysis aims to: (1) identify key economic, institutional, and legislative levers that can play an important role in the agricultural specialization...

Abstract In spite of meadow bird protection programs, a severe decline of meadow birds is taking place in the Netherlands. It is hypothesized that pesticides and other agrochemicals may contribute to this decline through a negative impact on the entomofauna; a very important food source of meadow...

The use of multiple insecticidal seed treatments in combination to control a greater spectrum of pests has been increasing in rice production in the U.S. Mid-South. The economic benefits of individual seed treatments in rice are well documented, but returns on investment (ROI) on combinations...

R unoff is a poorly understood aspect of pesticide environmental behaviour. To improve understanding of pesticide runoff, data from three rainfall simulator studies was used. Fourteen pesticides were studied ranged from tightly sorbed (DDE, soil sorption coefficient (K D ) ~15,000 L kg -1 ) to...

A comprehensive profile that integrates a wide spectrum of organchlorine pesticides (OCPs) analysis in both freshwater sediments and multiple aquatic foods in China is lacking. To acquire this data, we investigated the recent status of OCP contamination in sediments and five types of aquatic...

Although pesticides are often discharged into surface waters in pulses as opposed to a sustained release, the effect of episodic pollution events on aquatic invertebrates is largely unknown. We monitored change in heart rate and distance moved to assess the immediate response of signal crayfish...

The widespread use of pesticides results in their frequent detection in water bodies and other environmental media. Pesticide residues in water may pose environmental risks, and reliable predicted no effect concentrations (PNEC) must be obtained when the environmental risks of pesticides are...

After their application in agricultural areas, pesticides are dispersed throughout the environment, causing contamination problems. In Argentina, the main promoter of transgenic biotechnology in the region, the total consumption of agrochemicals has increased significantly in recent years. Most...

In the preparation of microcapsules (MCs) by interfacial polymerization, octaphenyl polyoxyethylene (OP) is utilized as an emulsifier to control the particle size distribution of MCs. In the preparation system with polyisocyanate as the oil phase monomer, OP has a single hydroxyl (-OH) group...

In the present study, we have fabricated Ag-doped STO/g-CN heterojunctions and the fabricated heterostructure was characterized. The photo-electrochemical performance including PL, photocurrent, (EIS), and TR-FS were also determined. The fabricated nanocomposites were used for the photocatalytic...

CONTEXT Agricultural management systems of many smallholders in low and middle-income countries depend on services by pollinator populations. However, increased adoption of modern inputs and particularly the wide-spread use of agrochemicals threaten pollinators and smallholders' crop production....

This paper examines the long-term health impact of Agent Orange, a toxic military herbicide containing dioxin that was used extensively during the U.S.-Vietnam war in the 1960-70s. Using a nationally representative health survey and an instrumental variable approach that addresses the potential...

Sound pesticides management and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in particular are widely acknowledged as important mechanisms to mitigate pre- and post-harvest losses and to achieve sustainable agricultural intensification. The recent proliferation of agricultural concessions, contract farming...

Synthetic pesticides can be detrimental to the health of humans, particularly when handled inappropriately, which is often the case in developing countries. We investigate to what extent using personal protective equipment (PPE) during pesticide application can mitigate the detrimental health...

Diese Arbeit konzentriert sich auf die Rolle von Risikopräferenzen, Anreizen und Governance-Strukturen beim Einsatz von Pestiziden in der Gemüseproduktion in China. Das erste Kapitel stellt den allgemeinen Hintergrund der Dissertation und die wichtigsten Forschungsfragen der Studie vor....

Based on economic methodology we model an ecosystem with two species in predator-prey relationship: mice feed on grain and grain feeds on a resource. With optimizing behaviour of individual organisms a short-run ecosystem equilibrium is defined and characterized that depends on the farmer's use...

Cancer has been the most longstanding public health concern of modem society,1its causes and cures remaining elusive for decades. During the early to mid-twentieth century, emerging scientific evidence showing that some forms of cancer were likely caused by dietary additives sent Congress...

Throughout the past years, agricultural technological inputs have been actively evolving with a moderate rate of technology adoption. The adoption of agricultural technological inputs has been encouraged by, among others, escalating demand in the food sector in both developed and developing...

It is often assumed that voluntary sustainability standards - such as Fairtrade - could not only improve the socioeconomic wellbeing of smallholder farmers in developing countries but could also help to reduce negative health and environmental impacts of agricultural production. The empirical...

Introduction: "The natural question is what can be done to destroy them?" -- "Airplane dusting offers the only present hope": Preparing to Take Canada's Campaign against Forest Insects to the Sky, 1884-1926 -- "One of the first aerial applications of an insecticide in forestry": The Politics of...