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Health Effects and Pesticide Perception as Determinants of Pesticide Use : Evidence from Bangladesh

In a recent survey of 820 Boro (winter rice), potato, bean, eggplant, cabbage, sugarcane, and mango farmers in Bangladesh, over 47 percent of farmers were found to be overusing pesticides. With only 4 percent of farmers formally trained in pesticide use or handling, and over 87 percent openly admitt...

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Main Authors: Dasgupta, Susmita, Meisner, Craig, Huq, Mainul
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURE
BEANS
CHEMICAL PESTICIDES
CROP
CROP PROTECTION
CROPS
DUNG
ECONOMICS
ECOSYSTEMS
EGGPLANT
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
EQUIPMENT
EXTENSION SERVICES
FAO
FARM
FARMER
FARMER PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH
FARMERS
FARMING
FARMS
FISHERIES
FUNGICIDES
GREEN REVOLUTION
GROWING SEASON
HEADACHES
HEALTH EFFECTS
INHIBITION
INSECTICIDES
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
INTERVENTION
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
NUTRITION
NUTRITION EDUCATION
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS
PADDY
PEST CONTROL
PEST CONTROL METHODS
PEST MANAGEMENT
PESTICIDE
PESTICIDE APPLICATION
PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT
PESTICIDE POISONING
PESTICIDE RESISTANCE
PESTICIDE SUBSIDIES
PESTICIDE USE
PESTICIDES
PESTS
PLANT PROTECTION
POLLUTION
PRODUCE
PUBLIC HEALTH
RICE
RICE PRODUCTION
RICE RESEARCH
SKIN DISEASES
SPRAYING
SUGARCANE
TEA
TOXICITY OF PESTICIDES
TOXICOLOGY
UNEP
VEGETABLES
WORKERS
Microdata Set
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/11/6424894/health-effects-pesticide-perception-determinants-pesticide-use-evidence-bangladesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8572

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/11/6424894/health-effects-pesticide-perception-determinants-pesticide-use-evidence-bangladesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8572

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