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Voluntary Collective Action to Address Growing Agricultural Challenges in Two Countries: Experimental Insights and Commonalities

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We conducted two framed field economic experiments with citrus farmers in Florida, United States and soybean farmers in Argentina to investigate their willingness to coordinate pest and weed management efforts. Despite the contrast between these two agricultural contexts, we find striking behavioral commonalities.
Ariel Singerman, Sergio H. Lence
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Assessment of a national voucher scheme to deliver insecticide-treated mosquito nets to pregnant women. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND\ud \ud The benefits of a health-related intervention may be compromised by the challenges of delivering the intervention on a large scale.
Hanson, Kara, Schellenberg, David, J. Bruce, R. Nathan, Marchant, Tanya, K. Hanson, Nathan, Rose, Y. Sedekia, C. Jones, Mponda, Hadji, Armstrong-Schellenberg, Joanna, J. Armstrong-Schellenberg, H. Mponda, Jones, Caroline, D. Schellenberg, Sedekia, Yovitha, Bruce, Jane, T. Marchant   +17 more
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The use of stinging nettle tea (Urtica sp.) to control Aulacorthum solani and Macrosiphum euphorbiae on Ranunculus asiaticus

Folia Horticulturae, 2023
Natural and environmental-friendly approaches to control pests and diseases in horticultural production systems are showing an increasing trend. Biological alternatives, such as botanical extracts and basic substances, show promise in the reduction of ...
Wulf Florian, Podhorna Jana, Bandte Martina, Büttner Carmen, Rybak Malgorzata   +4 more
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Costing the distribution of insecticide-treated nets: a review of cost and cost-effectiveness studies to provide guidance on standardization of costing methodology. [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND: Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are an effective and cost-effective means of malaria control. Scaling-up coverage of ITNs is challenging. It requires substantial resources and there are a number of strategies to choose from.
Kolaczinski, Jan, Hanson, Kara, Hanson, K, Kolaczinski Jan, Kara Hanson, Jan Kolaczinski, Kolaczinski, J, Hanson Kara   +7 more
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Comparative Toxicity of Helicoverpa armigera and Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to Selected Insecticides

Insects, 2020
Until recently, the Old World bollworm (OWB) Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) and the corn earworm Helicoverpa zea (Boddie) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) were geographically isolated.
Fernando R. da Silva, Dario Trujillo, Oderlei Bernardi, Jose Carlos Verle Rodrigues, Woodward D. Bailey, Todd M. Gilligan, Daniel Carrillo   +6 more
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Cardiac and respiratory arrest in a 12‐year‐old girl with acute permethrin oral toxicity: A case report

Clinical Case Reports, 2022
Permethrin (PER) is widely employed as the most frequently used type I synthetic pyrethroid insecticide. Despite its worldwide application, reports of pediatric toxicity following permethrin administration are scarce.
Hesam Adin Atashi, Hamid Zaferani Arani, Felicia Agatha, Seyyed Mojtaba Ghorani, Mahya Sadat Teimouri Khorasani, Masoumeh Moalem   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pesticide MRLs as Trade Barriers: Evidence From Vietnam's Coffee and Rice Exporters

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As tariffs have declined globally through bilateral and regional trade agreements, food safety standards have emerged as significant determinants of agricultural trade flows. This study examines the impact of maximum residue limits (MRLs) for five pesticides—Azoxystrobin, Chlorpyrifos, Chlorantraniliprole, Clothianidin, and Cyhalothrin—on ...
Nhat Mai Nguyen, Hoa‐Thi‐Minh Nguyen, Kaliappa Kalirajan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Use of insecticide quantification kits to investigate the quality of spraying and decay rate of bendiocarb on different wall surfaces in Kagera region, Tanzania [PDF]

, 2015
Bendiocarb was introduced for the first time for Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) in Tanzania in 2012 as part of the interim national insecticide resistance management plan.
Lalji, Shabbir, Mark Rowland, Mugalura, Frances E, Molteni, Frabrizio, Kafuko, Jessica M, Willilo, Ritha, Mwalimu, Charles D., Evangelia Morou, Thawer, Narjis G., Morou, Evangelia, Vontas, John, Frances E Mugalura, Jeremiah M Ngondi, Protopopoff, Natacha, Ramsan, Mahdi M., Isaac Emmanuel, Fabrizio Molteni, Emmanuel, Isaac, Mahdi M Ramsan, Magesa, Stephen Masingili, Rowland, Mark, Natacha Protopopoff, Ramsan, Mahdi M, Molteni, Fabrizio, Narjis G Thawer, Ngondi, Jeremiah M., Mugalura, Frances E., Wright, Alexandra, Stephen Masingili Magesa, Mutagahywa, Joshua, Kafuko, Jessica M., Reithinger, Richard, Isaiah Ndong, Thawer, Narjis G, Ngondi, Jeremiah M, Charles D Mwalimu, Alexandra Wright, Richard Reithinger, John Vontas, Shabbir Lalji, Jessica M Kafuko, Mwalimu, Charles D, Joshua Mutagahywa, Ndong, Isaiah, Ritha Willilo   +44 more
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Gut symbiont enhances insecticide resistance in a significant pest, the oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel)

Microbiome, 2017
BackgroundSymbiotic bacteria affect insect physiology and ecology. They may also mediate insecticide resistance within their hosts and thereby impact pest and vector control practices.
Daifeng Cheng, Zijun Guo, M. Riegler, Z. Xi, G. Liang, Yi-juan Xu   +5 more
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