Do Pesticide Sellers Make Farmers Sick? Health, Information, and Adoption of Technology in Bangladesh

We study the impact of supply-side and demand-side pesticide regulations on the adoption of health technologies and health outcomes in Bangladesh. We use a unique dataset that spans the chain from where farmers obtain information and which precautionary tools (i.e., masks, gloves) they use to subseq...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shamma Adeeb Alam, Hendrik Wolff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Agricultural Economics Association 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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Online Access:https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/230772