Productivity of Pesticides in Vegetable Farming in Nepal

Ratna Kumar Jha () and Adhrit Prasad Regmi

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Abstract: This paper examines the effectiveness of damage control mechanisms to reduce crop losses from agricultural pests. It uses data from a sample of Cole crop (Cauliflower and Cabbage) growing households in the Bhaktapur district of Nepal to study the impact of pesticides on agriculture production.

Keywords: Marginal productivity; crop; Pesticide Productivity; Cole Crop; Damage Control; FFS; farmers; field; school; vegetable; farming; developing countries; agriculture production; nepal; agricultural pests; households; pesticide; profit-maximizing; India; education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-01
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