A small proportion of the thousands of pesticides on the market today are associated with a
disproportionately high incidence of severe acute pesticide poisoning and suicide. Paraquat …

The future of biodiversity and ecosystem services depends largely on the capacity of human‐
dominated ecosystems to support them, yet this capacity remains largely unknown. Using …

Poor weed control automatically results in yield losses, and the review has provided a range
of 30-100% depending on the crop, weed species, and stage of the crop. The timing and …

Agrifood scholars have long investigated the relationship between farm size and a wide
variety of social and ecological outcomes. Yet neither this scholarship nor the extensive …

Abstract In central Veracruz, Mexico, many coffee plantations are managed using
agrochemicals for weed control, with glyphosate-based herbicides (GBH) the most …

Recent years have seen heightened restrictions on the use of several chemical fumigants of
great concern to California's lucrative strawberry industry. This study sought to investigate …

Smallholder farms that transition to organic and biodiverse production are increasingly
recognized as strongholds of agrobiodiversity, with emerging work identifying important …

The agrarian population in low-and middle-income countries suffers from a number of
adverse health effects due to pesticide exposure. In Zanzibar, the government subsidizes …

Information about pesticide use and perceptions of their risks among farmers is important for
identifying problems associated with pest-control decisions and develo** appropriate …

If we aim to increase the sustainability of farming, we must be able to measure the
sustainability of individual farms and relate this sustainability to the characteristics of the …