Pesticides Problems, Improvements, Alternatives

by Den Hond, Frank; Groenewegen, Peter; van Straalen, Nico

• ISBN13: 9780632056590
• ISBN10: 0632056592
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-02-28
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

How sustainable are current pest management practices that rely heavily on the use of pesticide products? This important book looks in depth at the question of why the environmental impact of pesticides continues to be of serious concern (the persistence of the pesticide problem) as well as identifying and critically assessing various improvements and alternative strategies to circumvent the current problems of agricultural pesticide use.Contents of this thought-provoking book include details of the authorisation of pesticides and regulatory science, innovation in the agrochemical industry, the use of agrochemicals by farmers, variations in agricultural practice, the effect of pesticides on the environment, integrated assessment, site-specific pest management, the use of biotechnology, food industry initiatives, international policies and organic farming.The editors have drawn together an impressive list of contributing authors in a well integrated and carefully edited book that is an essential purchase for anyone working in the areas of crop protection and agrochemicals, in academia, research, policy making, government or industry. Agricultural scientists, applied entomologists, biochemists, crop protection specialists and environmental scientists will find a huge wealth of important information within the covers of this book. Libraries in universities where agricultural sciences, crop protection, plant sciences, biological and environmental sciences are studied and taught should have copies of this book on their shelves.Frank den Hond and Peter Groenewegen are at the Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences, and Nico van Straalen is at the Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, all of the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Author Biography

Frank den Hond and Peter Groenewegen are at the Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences, and Nico van Straalen is at the Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, all of the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Table of Contents

Contributors' Biographical Notes	vii
Acknowledgements	xii
List of Reviewers	xiii
Preface	xv
Questions Around the Persistence of the Pesticide Problem	1	(15)
Frank den Hond
Peter Groenewegen
Nico M. van Straalen
An Agricultural Vision	16	(15)
Paul C. Struik
Martin J. Kropff
The Authorisation of Pesticides in the Light of Sustainability	31	(22)
Elizabeth Vogelezang-Stoute
Innovation in the Agrochemical Industry	53	(24)
Frank den Hond
Regulatory Science in an International Regime: An Institutional Analysis	77	(10)
Alan Irwin
Henry Rothstein
Farmers' Agrochemical Use Decisions and the Potential of Efficiency and Innovation Offsets	87	(13)
Ada Wossink
Tanja de Koeijer
Variations in Agricultural Practice and Environmental Care	100	(13)
Geert R. de Snoo
Assessing the Environmental Performance of Agriculture: Pesticide Use, Risk and Management Indicators	113	(22)
Kevin Parris
Yukio Yokoi
Integrated Assessment of Pesticides: Methods for Predicting and Detecting Environmental Risks in a Safety Net	135	(20)
Harrie A. J. Govers
Pim de Voogt
Pim Leonards
Andre van Roon
Onno Kwast
Site-Specific Pest Management	155	(14)
Scott M. Swinton
New Biotechnology, Crop Protection and Sustainable Development	169	(30)
Susan Carr
European Food Industry Initiatives Reducing Pesticide Use	199	(22)
Nicolien M. van der Grijp
Impact of International Policies (CAP) and Agreements (WTO) on the Development of Organic Farming	221	(20)
David Barling
Integration: Learning to Solve the Pesticide Problem	241	(11)
Peter Groenewegen
Frank den Hond
Nico M. van Straalen
Index	252