Pesticides and Productivity – a Study of Vegetable Farming in Nepal

Ratna Kumar Jha () and Adhrit Prasad Regmi

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Abstract: In Nepal, agriculture is commercializing day by day and levels of agro-chemical use are growing. This is beginning to raise concerns about the health and environmental impacts of farm chemicals such as pesticides.The brief looks at the effectiveness of pesticides in reducing crop losses amongst vegetable farmers in Nepal.

Keywords: procutivity; vegetable farming; Nepal; chemicals; pesticides; farmers; agriculture; health; environmental; production; crop (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-02
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