- Discusses the competitive strategies of the major pesticide companies
- Identifies the main forces driving the pesticides industry
- Explains the evolution of the pesticide industry as a context for understanding its future development
Inhoudsopgave
1.The evolution of the pesticide industry in the Pre-Productivist Period (2500 BC–1929 AD);
2.The evolution of the pesticide industry in the Productivist Period (1930–1973);
3.The evolution of the pesticide industry in the Divergent Period (1974–2017);
4.The evolution of the pesticide industry under Residual Productivism (1974-2017);
5.The evolution of the pesticide industry under Neo-Productivism (1974-2017);
6.The evolution of the pesticide industry under Post-Productivism (1974-2017);
7.The evolution of the pesticide industry under the ‘Sustainability Paradigm’ (1974-2017);
8.The future of pesticides and biotechnologies
Over de auteur
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.
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