The Influence of Farm Advisory Services and Socio-Economic and Physical Factors on the Toxicity of Pesticides Used for Cotton and Peanuts in the Albemarle-Pamlico Watershed

The Influence of Farm Advisory Services and Socio-Economic and Physical Factors on the Toxicity of Pesticides Used for Cotton and Peanuts in the Albemarle-Pamlico Watershed

The research undertaken in this study is an attempt to determine the influence of farm advisory services, socio-economic factors, and physical factors on the aggregate toxicity of pesticides used by cotton and peanut farmers in the Albemarle-Pamlico Watershed of Virginia and North Carolina. An aggre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mitra, Sonali
Other Authors: Agricultural and Applied Economics
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
Subjects:
Persistence
Reference Dose
Toxicity
Active Ingredient
Optimum Externality
Half-life
Farm Advisory Services
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45766
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-111697-111416/

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http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45766
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-111697-111416/

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