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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
HEALTH COSTS AND EXTERNALITIES OF PESTICIDE USE IN LOCUST AND GRASSHOPPER CONTROL IN THE SAHEL
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| Autores: |
Houndekon, Victorin A.
De Groote, Hugo
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| Data: |
1998-05-20
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| Ano: |
1998
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| Palavras-chave: |
Environmental Economics and Policy
Health Economics and Policy
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| Resumo: |
To evaluate the economic cost of classical chemical control of locusts, externalities of chemical pesticides in the Sahel are estimated through a farmer survey. The costs of human health, losses in domestic animals and of destroying obsolete pesticides are estimated at $4 per treated ha for chemical control.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
732
http://purl.umn.edu/20966
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
American Agricultural Economics Association>1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT
Selected Paper
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| Formato: |
9
application/pdf
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