The distinctive nature of environmental quality problems in agriculture—an industry based
on the extraction of highly variable natural resources under stochastic conditions—has …

In this article, we review three perspectives used to place an economic value on pesticide
use in agriculture and present associated empirical results. One approach is based on …

Pesticides have been a major contributor to the growth of agricultural productivity and food
supply. Yet, they are a source of concern because of human and environmental health side …

The estimation of dynamic models and themeasure of long-run effects arerare in residential
water demand studies. Weshow in this paper that a dynamicmodel of water consumption …

The reduction of adverse health and environmental effects from pesticide use is currently a
top priority on the agricultural policy agenda. Efficient pesticide policies must take into …

The influence of inputs on output risk in the context of agricultural production decisions taken
by non-risk neutral agents has been ignored by previous research assessing the effects of …

The rapid growth in pesticide use is a significant problem for Thailand, as it is in many other
developing countries with an intensifying agriculture. The objective of this study was to …

Granivorous birds, mainly the Red‐billed Quelea, have subsisted on cereal crops in Africa
for centuries and have caused substantial damage. There is, however, limited recent …

Recent research has suggested that a high proportion of farms can dramatically reduce
pesticide applications without reducing crop yields or farm profits. Yet this research has …

Growing concern about the widening food insecurity and hunger in the world has led to
various approaches to intensify food production systems and raise productivity. Aside from …