Environmental consequences of agricultural commercialization in Asia

dc.contributor.authorPingali, P.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialDeveloping countriesen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:55:08Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:55:08Zen
dc.date.issued2001en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractAgroindustrialization and agricultural commercialization are both consequences of economic growth and urbanization. Commercialization of agricultural systems leads to greater market orientation; progressive substitution out of non-traded inputs for purchased inputs; and the decline of integrated farming systems. Agricultural commercialization can have both negative and positive impacts on the natural resource base. Higher opportunity cost of labor increases farmer reliance on herbicides for weed control, primarily for the staple crops. The use of insecticides and fungicides could also rise, especially for high value fruit and vegetable crops. Increased use of agriculturalen
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier841en
dc.identifier.citationEnvironment and Development Economics 6: 483-502en
dc.identifier.issn1355-770Xen
dc.identifier.issn1469-4395en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65757en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen
dc.rights2001 Cambridge University Pressen
dc.subjectEnvironmental impactsen
dc.subjectAgricultureen
dc.subjectCommericialization of agricultureen
dc.subjectEnvironmental impactsen
dc.subjectDeveloping countriesen
dc.subjectGovernanceen
dc.titleEnvironmental consequences of agricultural commercialization in Asiaen
dc.typeAbstracten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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