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Download or read book Economics of Agro chemicals written by International Association of Agricultural Economists. Conference and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1998 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inventories and overviews for different areas of the world; Agro-chemicals use and sustainable agriculture; Efficiency and prodicers'knowledge and perceptions; Determinants of fertilizer and pesticide use; Policy instruments and policy analysis: LDCS; Policy instruments and policy analysis: industrialized countries; Perspectives for the 21st century.

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