Impacts of pesticide use on cashew yield and farmers’ health cost: A case study in Nghia Trung commune, Binh Phuoc province

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dc.contributor.authorHa, Dang Thanhen
dc.contributor.authorTrang, P. T. K.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialBinh Phuoc Provinceen
dc.coverage.spatialVietnamen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:08:34Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:08:34Zen
dc.date.issued2010en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractIn Vietnam, cashew is a critical perennial crop. Attempts at its commodification has led to increased use of pesticides and inorganic fertilizers. The purpose of the study was to determine the outcomes of pesticide use related to yield and farmer health. A survey of eighty farmers was analyzed using the Cobb-Douglas production function (pesticide productivity) and a health cost model (quantification of health outcomes). The study revealed that pesticides used in a preventative manner had less than desired effects on yield, but raised production costs and health costs for the farmers. These results are relevant to future policy-making and implementation regarding pesticide use in cashew systems.en
dc.description.notesFound in the SANREM OfficeIILTRA-5 (Agroforestry and Sustainable Vegetable Production)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier4911en
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Science and Technology in Agriculture and Forestry 2en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/69128en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectHealth impactsen
dc.subjectPollution controlen
dc.subjectPest controlen
dc.subjectEconomic impactsen
dc.subjectHealthen
dc.subjectNghia trung communeen
dc.subjectBinh phuoc provinceen
dc.subjectCashewen
dc.subjectPesticidesen
dc.subjectPesticide productivityen
dc.subjectCobb-douglasen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scaleen
dc.titleImpacts of pesticide use on cashew yield and farmers’ health cost: A case study in Nghia Trung commune, Binh Phuoc provinceen
dc.typeAbstracten
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