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HIDDEN HEALTH COSTS OF PESTICIDE USE IN ZIMBABWE'S SMALLHOLDER COTTON
Balancing the numerous benefits that may accrue from pesticide use on cotton, farmers face health hazards. Pesticide-induced acute symptoms significantly increased the cost of illness in a survey of 280 smallholder cotton growers in two districts of ...
Swinton, Scott M., Maumbe, Blessing M.
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Pesticide Residues in Coastal Tropical Ecosystems: Distribution, Fate and Effects
, 2003 Metadata only recordThis book examines the need to develop environmentally and economically sustainable agriculture in coastal tropical ecosystems, which are some of the most sensitive and understudied ecosystems in the world.
Taylor, M. D. +4 more
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Digital Transformation for Eco‐Innovation: Evidence From Agriculture 4.0 Adoption in Wine Firms
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Firms face a fundamental strategic dilemma: how to align digital transformation with environmental sustainability while maintaining competitive advantage. Drawing on the eco‐innovation and green business strategy literature, this paper investigates how Agriculture 4.0 technologies act as enablers of sustainability strategies.
Alessandro Muscio +2 more
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental SafetyBenzovindiflupyr (BEN) has emerged as one of the fastest-growing SDHI fungicides in recent years, but it is considered “very highly toxic” to aquatic fish, invertebrates and crustaceans (EC50 or LC50, 0.0035–0.056 mg/L, acute toxicity). The comprehensive
Shanshan Di +8 more
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Pesticide Use in Vegetable Crops: Frequency, Intensity and Determinant Factors
This paper has examined pest management practices in four important vegetable crops, viz. chillies, cauliflower, brinjal and bhendi using farm level cross-sectional data.
Kombairaju, S., Jeyanthi, H.
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, 2000 The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Pesticide Control Program (PCP) conducted a Golf Course Pesticide Monitoring program during the six years prior to 2000.
Crowning, Lisa, +2 more
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Green Is the New Gold: Redefining Opulent Lifestyle Through Organic Food Purchases
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Prior studies based on the Theory of Planned Behavior mostly examined the effects of health and environmental concerns on organic food consumption; however, few addressed the paradoxical relationships in the context of opulent or symbolic decorum.
Neha Sharma +3 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores how sustainability is perceived and prioritized by consumers within full‐service restaurants and rural agritourism settings in Italy, examining the socio‐cultural and economic role of the HoReCa sector in promoting sustainable practices and analyzing gender and generational differences in consumer behavior.
Roberta Minazzi +3 more
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Green Analytical ChemistryThis study presents a comprehensive comparison between helium and hydrogen as carrier gases in gas chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) for multiresidue pesticide analysis.
Víctor Cutillas +3 more
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MEASURING CONSUMER BENEFITS OF FOOD SAFETY RISK REDUCTIONS
Microbial pathogens and pesticide residues in food pose a financial burden to society which can be reduced by incurring costs to reduce these food safety risks.
Buzby, Jean C. +3 more
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