Pesticide in UK Law
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Decentred Deterrence and the Effects of Social Relations: Explaining Pesticide Regulatory Compliance in China
While many have observed the importance of state regulators to the implementation of law, multiple decentralized regulators are crucial for achieving deterrence and compliance. Informed by the dete...
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Apple farm management practices in the Northeastern US and Northern China
Purpose: – The purpose of this study is to compare the different pesticides management practices and productions in three apple farms in the Northeastern US and Northern China. Design/methodology/...... ... Production, pesticide and fertilizer usage, and laborcosts were calculated for comparison.Findings – The conventional US apple grower manages his farm for maximum ... ...
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The science of Javanese management: Organizational alignment in an Indonesian development programme
Studies of business organizations reveal the importance of combining two elements for mobilizing and aligning action in large organizations: informed decision making and contingent incentives. A na...... ... Field studies, trainee surveys and other evidence reveal that, consistent with national programme objectives, (1) pesticide applications were reduced by more than 60 per cent; (2) pesticide use depended more on field decisions, less on ... ...
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Bayesian Estimation of Willingness‐to‐pay Where Respondents Mis‐report Their Preferences*
We introduce a modified conditional logit model that takes account of uncertainty associated with mis‐reporting in revealed preference experiments estimating willingness‐to‐pay (WTP). Like Hausman ...... ... Using a Bayesian methodology, we apply our model to a choice modelling (CM) data set examining UK consumer preferences for non-pesticide" food. We compare the results of our model with the Hausman model. WTP estimates are produced for different groups of consumers and we find that modi\xEF" ... ...
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Analysis of the predictors of five eco-sensitive behaviours
Purpose: – The purpose of this paper is to examine five different types of eco-sensitive behaviours separately and understand if determinants of these behaviours vary depending on the type of actio...... ... While agedifferences only explain recycling cans and bottles, gender difference explains buying pesticide-fre efruits/vegetables and avoiding environmentally harmful products. Values, on the other hand, predictall five eco-behaviours. Driving less and ... ...
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High-performance work system and employee creativity. The roles of perceived organisational support and devolved management
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the underlying mechanism through which high-performance work system (HPWS) influences employee creativity. In addition, this paper aims to examine c...... ... and employee creativity.Design/methodology/approach –The sample of the study included 268 employees and matchedsupervisors from two pesticide chemical companies in China. Hypotheses were tested with linear regressions.Findings –The study shows that HPWS enhances perceived organisational ... ...
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Stemming the Flow of Poison the Role of Unep and the Fao in Regulating the International Trade in Pesticides
... ... TRADE IN PESTICIDES Peter Hough Introduction In the early 1990s an international regime regulating the issue of the pesticide trade emerged. Unlike in other pesticide-related issues, such as industrial safety and environmental pollution, the rules established ... ...
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The innovative thinking of Bug Agentes Biologicos.
... ... Responding, pesticide supplier 5 Bug Agentes Biologicos has developed a natural alternative. It mass-breeds wasps that are "programmed" to attack only their natural ... ...
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Biopesticides, Regulatory Innovation and the Regulatory State
This article analyses regulatory innovation. It considers, in particular, how a regulatory environmental agency has been encouraged to innovate in the area of biopesticides. The literature on regul...... ... for the registration of agricultural pesticides. 1 They advise Ministers on the devel- opment and enforcement of pesticide policy and legislation and also on all aspects of pesticides approvals policy. Applicants for regulatory approval must submit scientific evidence in ... ...
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Editor's Notes
... ... from former land- lords, the establishment of a co-operative society or other agency to facilitate the distribution of seed, pesticide and fertiliser and to arrange the marketing of crops, controls to prevent fragmentation into uneconomic holdings, and irrigation and settlement ... ...
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