Impact of Pesticides on Farmer Health and the Rice Environment (Natural Resource Management and Policy (7))

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. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Impact of Pesticides on Farmer Health and the Rice Environment: An Overview of Results from a Multidisciplinary Study in the Philippines....Pages 3-21 Measurement and Evaluation of the Impacts of Agricultural Chemical Use: A Framework for Analysis....Pages 23-57 Farmer Perceptions, Knowledge, and Pesticide Use Practices....Pages 59-95 Misuse of Pesticides Among Rice Farmers in Leyte, Philippines....Pages 97-108 Front Matter....Pages 109-109 Behavior of Pesticides in Rice-Based Agroecosystems: A Review....Pages 111-148 Assessment of the Environmental Impact of Pesticides in Paddy Rice Production....Pages 149-180 The Impact of Ricefield Pesticides on the Quality of Freshwater Resources....Pages 181-202 The Impact of Pesticides on Ricefield Vertebrates with Emphasis on Fish....Pages 203-248 The Impact of Pesticides on Nontarget Aquatic Invertebrates in Wetland Ricefields: A Review....Pages 249-270 The Impact of Pesticides on Ricefield Microflora: An Analytical Review of the Literature....Pages 271-308 An Experimental Assessment of Pesticide Impacts on Soil and Water Fauna and Microflora in Wetland Ricefields of the Philippines....Pages 309-339 Front Matter....Pages 341-341 The Impact of Pesticides on Farmer Health: A Medical and Economic Analysis in the Philippines....Pages 343-360 Pesticides, Productivity, and Farmer Health: A Philippine Case Study....Pages 361-387 Front Matter....Pages 389-389 Public Regulatory Roles in Developing Markets: The Case of Pesticides....Pages 391-409 Back Matter....Pages 411-664