Assessment of policies and socio-economic factors affecting pesticide use in the Philippines

A logit model was employed to determine the relative importance of socioeconomic factors influencing the misuse of pesticides on vegetables in Central Luzon, Philippines. The analysis revealed an increase in pesticide misuse associated with the following factors: a high value placed on advice fro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tjornhom, Jessica D.
Other Authors: Agricultural and Applied Economics
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40622
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01122010-020222/