Influence of contract farming system on farmers' pest management practices: the case of vegetable growers in Malaysia

Influence of contract farming system on farmers' pest management practices: the case of vegetable growers in Malaysia

Farmers’ behavior on pesticide usage in vegetable farm productions is become one of the major attention in the food safety field. Due to misuse of pesticide and the application of high toxicity pesticides by farmers in farm productions, many environmental and health issues have been arisen regarding...

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Main Authors:	Abu Baka, Halimatunsadiah, Mazlan, Norida, Omar, Dzolkhifli, Kamarulzaman, Nitty Hirawaty
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2015
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77205/1/saes2015-59.pdf

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