Pesticides Rice Productivity And Farmers Health

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Pesticides Rice Productivity And Farmers Health

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Author : Agnes C. Rola
language : en
Publisher: IRRI CABI
Release Date : 1993

Pesticides Rice Productivity And Farmers Health written by Agnes C. Rola and has been published by IRRI CABI this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Medical categories.

Introduction and overview of conclusions; Pest-related yield losses in rice: reality and perceptions; Crop protection technologies; A profile of pesticide use for rice; Choice of crop protection technologies under risk: an expected utility maximization framework; Pesticide exposure, farmers' health, and choice of pest control technologies; IPM implementation in the Philippines: a policy overview; Regulating pesticide use in Philippine agricultural production: some policy considerations.

Farm Pesticides Rice Production And Human Health In China

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Author : Jikun Huang
language : en
Publisher: Singapore : Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia
Release Date : 2001

Farm Pesticides Rice Production And Human Health In China written by Jikun Huang and has been published by Singapore : Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Science categories.

Impact Of Pesticides On Farmer Health And The Rice Environment

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Author : Prabhu L. Pingali
language : en
Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
Release Date : 1995-09-30

Impact Of Pesticides On Farmer Health And The Rice Environment written by Prabhu L. Pingali and has been published by Int. Rice Res. Inst. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-09-30 with Business & Economics categories.

The book covers the various aspects of the use of pesticides, their behavior, degradation, and impacts in wetland ricefields, and presents the results of surveys conducted in the Philippines and Thailand. It includes both bibliographic reviews and selected aspects of the experimental results of a research project on pesticide impacts in wetland ricefields. The first phase of the `Pesticide Impact' project was developed in the Philippines from 1989 to 1991. It was a multidisciplinary/collaborative approach involving scientists from IRRI, NRI (England), ORSTOM (France), UPLB (Philippines) who studied the effects of pesticides on the environment and on farmers' health, and the economical aspects of their use.

Is Environmentally Friendly Agriculture Less Profitable For Farmers

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Author : Susmita Dasgupta
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2004

Is Environmentally Friendly Agriculture Less Profitable For Farmers written by Susmita Dasgupta and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Agriculture categories.

"Concerns about the sustainability of conventional agriculture have prompted widespread introduction of integrated pest management (IPM), an ecologically-based approach to control of harmful insects and weeds. IPM is intended to reduce ecological and health damage from chemical pesticides by using natural parasites and predators to control pest populations. Since chemical pesticides are expensive for poor farmers, IPM offers the prospect of lower production costs and higher profitability. However, adoption of IPM may reduce profitability if it also lowers overall productivity, or induces more intensive use of other production factors. On the other hand, IPM may actually promote more productive farming by encouraging more skillful use of available resources. Data scarcity has hindered a full accounting of IPM's impact on profitability, health, and local ecosystems.

Pesticide Use Practices Productivity And Farmers Health

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Author : Oluyede O. C. Ajayi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000

Pesticide Use Practices Productivity And Farmers Health written by Oluyede O. C. Ajayi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Agricultural systems categories.

Pest Management Of Rice Farmers In Asia

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Author : Kong Luen Heong
language : en
Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
Release Date : 1997

Pest Management Of Rice Farmers In Asia written by Kong Luen Heong and has been published by Int. Rice Res. Inst. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Agricultural pests categories.

This research was designed and conducted through partnerships with national agricultural scientists. The primary objective was to listen to farmers and understand the various factors that constrain pest management decisions and practices on-farm.

Is Environmentally Friendly Agriculture Less Profitable For Farmers Evidence On Integrated Pest Management In Bangladesh

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Author : Susmita Dasgupta
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013

Is Environmentally Friendly Agriculture Less Profitable For Farmers Evidence On Integrated Pest Management In Bangladesh written by Susmita Dasgupta and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with categories.

Concerns about the sustainability of conventional agriculture have prompted widespread introduction of integrated pest management (IPM), an ecologically-based approach to control of harmful insects and weeds. IPM is intended to reduce ecological and health damage from chemical pesticides by using natural parasites and predators to control pest populations. Since chemical pesticides are expensive for poor farmers, IPM offers the prospect of lower production costs and higher profitability. However, adoption of IPM may reduce profitability if it also lowers overall productivity, or induces more intensive use of other production factors. On the other hand, IPM may actually promote more productive farming by encouraging more skillful use of available resources. Data scarcity has hindered a full accounting of IPM's impact on profitability, health, and local ecosystems. Using new survey data, the authors attempt such an accounting for rice farmers in Bangladesh. They compare outcomes for farming with IPM and conventional techniques, using input-use accounting, conventional production functions, and frontier production estimation. All of their results suggest that the productivity of IPM rice farming is not significantly different from the productivity of conventional farming. Since IPM reduces pesticide costs with no countervailing loss in production, it appears to be more profitable than conventional rice farming. The interview results also suggest substantial health and ecological benefits. However, externality problems make it difficult for farmers to adopt IPM individually. Without collective adoption, neighbors' continued reliance on chemicals to kill pests will also kill helpful parasites and predators, as well as exposing IPM farmers and local ecosystems to chemical spillovers from adjoining fields. Successful IPM adoption may therefore depend on institutional support for collective action.

Is Environmentally Friendly Agriculture Less Profitable For Farmers Evidence On Integrated Pest Management In Bangladesh

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Author : Susmita Dasgupta
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016

Is Environmentally Friendly Agriculture Less Profitable For Farmers Evidence On Integrated Pest Management In Bangladesh written by Susmita Dasgupta and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with categories.

Concerns about the sustainability of conventional agriculture have prompted widespread introduction of integrated pest management (IPM), an ecologically-based approach to control of harmful insects and weeds. IPM is intended to reduce ecological and health damage from chemical pesticides by using natural parasites and predators to control pest populations. Since chemical pesticides are expensive for poor farmers, IPM offers the prospect of lower production costs and higher profitability. However, adoption of IPM may reduce profitability if it also lowers overall productivity, or induces more intensive use of other production factors. On the other hand, IPM may actually promote more productive farming by encouraging more skillful use of available resources. Data scarcity has hindered a full accounting of IPM's impact on profitability, health, and local ecosystems.Using new survey data, Dasgupta, Meisner and Wheeler attempt such an accounting for rice farmers in Bangladesh. They compare outcomes for farming with IPM and conventional techniques, using input-use accounting, conventional production functions, and frontier production estimation. All of their results suggest that the productivity of IPM rice farming is not significantly different from the productivity of conventional farming. Since IPM reduces pesticide costs with no countervailing loss in production, it appears to be more profitable than conventional rice farming. The interview results also suggest substantial health and ecological benefits. However, externality problems make it difficult for farmers to adopt IPM individually. Without collective adoption, neighbors' continued reliance on chemicals to kill pests will also kill helpful parasites and predators, as well as exposing IPM farmers and local ecosystems to chemical spillovers from adjoining fields. Successful IPM adoption may therefore depend on institutional support for collective action.This paper - a product of the Infrastructure and Environment Team, Development Research Group - is part of a larger effort in the group to understand the economics of pesticide contamination in developing countries.

Health Effects And Pesticide Perception As Determinants Of Pesticide Use

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Author : Susmita Dasgupta
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2005

Health Effects And Pesticide Perception As Determinants Of Pesticide Use written by Susmita Dasgupta and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Pesticides categories.

"In a recent survey of 820 Boro (winter rice), potato, bean, eggplant, cabbage, sugarcane, and mango farmers in Bangladesh, over 47 percent of farmers were found to be overusing pesticides. With only 4 percent of farmers formally trained in pesticide use or handling, and over 87 percent openly admitting to using little or no protective measures while applying pesticides, overuse is potentially a threatening problem to farmer health as well as the environment. To model pesticide overuse, the authors used a 3-equation, trivariate probit framework, with health effects and misperception of pesticide risk as endogenous dummy variables. Health effects (the first equation) were found to be strictly a function of the amount of pesticides used in production, while misperception of pesticide risk (the second equation) was determined by health impairments from pesticides and the toxicity of chemicals used. Pesticide overuse (the third equation) was significantly determined by variation in income, farm ownership, the toxicity of chemicals used, crop composition, and geographical location. The results highlight the necessity for policymakers to design effective and targeted outreach programs that deal specifically with pesticide risk, safe handling, and averting behavior. Ideally, the approach would be participatory in nature to address key informational gaps, as well as increasing a farmers' awareness retention. The results also point to specific crops and locations experiencing a higher prevalence of overuse-bean and eggplant in general-and overall production in the districts of Chapainawabganj, Chittagong, Comilla, Jessore, Narshingdi, Rajshahi, and Rangpur. Focusing efforts in these crop and geographical areas may have the most measurable effects on pesticide overuse. "--World Bank web site.

Asian Rice Bowls

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Author : Prabhu L. Pingali
language : en
Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
Release Date : 1997

Asian Rice Bowls written by Prabhu L. Pingali and has been published by Int. Rice Res. Inst. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Business & Economics categories.

Introduction: the state of rice in post-green-revolution Asia; Rice productivity growth: the case against complacency; Sustaining farm profits through technical change; Intensification-induced degradation of the paddy resource base; Erosion, pollution and poison: externalities and rice; Asian rice market: demand and supply prospects; GATT and rice: impact on the rice market and implications for research priorities; Agricultural commercialization and farmer product choices: the case of diversification out of rice; Strategic look at factor markets and the organization of agricultural production beyond 2025; Post-green-revolution seed technology for intensive rice systems; Fertilizers and pesticides: higher levels versus improved efficiencies; Dealing with labor scarcity: mechanical technologies.