Pesticides and Agriculture - Profit, Politics and Policy

Pesticides have played a critical but sometimes controversial role in the development of agriculture. This book provides an authoritative account of the development of the modern pesticides industry in the context of broader developments in global agriculture.

About the author

Dr Dave Watson is a leading authority on sustainable development and optimising value chains in agriculture. He has taught courses on sustainable development for the University of Hull (UK), as well as managing research and development programmes for the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in Mexico. Dr Watson is editor of the two-volume Achieving sustainable cultivation of maize, also published by Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing.

Product details

• Authors: Dave Watson
• Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781786762764
• ISBN: 978-1-78676-276-4
• No. of pages: 420
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 756 g
• Series: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agric; Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science; Burleigh Dodds Series in Agric
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics