Impact of Pesticides on Farmer Health and the Rice Environment

The book covers the various aspects of the use of pesticides, their behavior, degradation, and impacts in wetland ricefields, and presents the results of surveys conducted in the Philippines and Thailand. It includes both bibliographic reviews and selected aspects of the experimental results of a re...

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Other Authors: Pingali, Prabhu L. (Editor), Roger, Pierre A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1995, 1995
Edition:1st ed. 1995
Series:Natural Resource Management and Policy
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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505 0 |a I -- 1 Impact of Pesticides on Farmer Health and the Rice Environment: An Overview of Results from a Multidisciplinary Study in the Philippines -- 2 Measurement and Evaluation of the Impacts of Agricultural Chemical Use: A Framework for Analysis -- 3 Farmer Perceptions, Knowledge, and Pesticide Use Practices -- 4 Misuse of Pesticides Among Rice Farmers in Leyte, Philippines -- II -- 5 Behavior of Pesticides in Rice-Based Agroecosystems: A Review -- 6 Assessment of the Environmental Impact of Pesticides in Paddy Rice Production -- 7 The Impact of Ricefield Pesticides on the Quality of Freshwater Resources -- 8 The Impact of Pesticides on Ricefield Vertebrates with Emphasis on Fish -- 9 The Impact of Pesticides on Nontarget Aquatic Invertebrates in Wetland Ricefields: A Review -- 10 The Impact of Pesticides on Wetland Ricefield Microflora: A Review -- 11 An Experimental Assessment of Pesticide Impact on Soil and Water Fauna and Microflora in Wetland Ricefields of the Philippines --  
505 0 |a III -- 12 The Impact of Long-Term Pesticide Exposure on Farmer Health: A Medical and Economic Analysis in the Philippines -- 13 Pesticides, Productivity, and Farmer Health: A Philippine Case Study -- IV -- 14 Public Regulatory Roles in Developing Markets: The Case of Pesticides -- Appendices -- A Annotated Bibliography on the Fate of Pesticides in Ricefields and Ricefield Soils -- P. A. Roger -- B Annotated Bibliography on Pesticides Residues Detected in Fish and Other Vertebrates on Rice-Based Ecosystems -- R. D. Valmonte-Gerpacio -- C Annotated Bibliography on the Effects of Pesticides on Aquatic Invertebrates in Ricefields -- I. C. Simpson -- D. Annotated Bibliography on the Effects of Pesticides on Phototrophic Microorganisms of Ricefields -- P. A. Roger -- E Annotated Bibliography on the Effects of Pesticides on Nonphototrophic Microorganism of Ricefields -- P. A. Roger -- F Annotated Bibliography on the Effects of Pesticides on Human Health in Rice-Growing Areas --  
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520 |a The book covers the various aspects of the use of pesticides, their behavior, degradation, and impacts in wetland ricefields, and presents the results of surveys conducted in the Philippines and Thailand. It includes both bibliographic reviews and selected aspects of the experimental results of a research project on pesticide impacts in wetland ricefields. The first phase of the `Pesticide Impact' project was developed in the Philippines from 1989 to 1991. It was a multidisciplinary/collaborative approach involving scientists from IRRI, NRI (England), ORSTOM (France), UPLB (Philippines) who studied the effects of pesticides on the environment and on farmers' health, and the economical aspects of their use