Distribution of health costs of pesticide use by household economy

We observed skewed distribution across household of benefits of pesticide use in vegetable farming in Nepal. However, economic burden or harm of pesticide use and exposure by household economy is poorly studied. It is hypothesized that exaggerated and incompetent pesticide use is likely to affect hu...

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Published in:Environment, development and sustainability development and sustainability, 2013-06, Vol.15 (3), p.827-839
Main Authors: Atreya, Kishor, Sitaula, Bishal Kumar, Bajracharya, Roshan Man
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural economics
Agricultural income
Agricultural intensification
Agricultural land
Agricultural pollution
Agriculture
Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Applied ecology
Biological and medical sciences
Costs
Data collection
Development sociology
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecology
Economic Geology
Economic Growth
Economic losses
Economics
Environment
Environment and sustainable development
Environmental Economics
Environmental Management
Expenditures
Family income
Farmers
Farming
farming systems
Farms
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General agroecology
General agroecology. Agricultural and farming systems. Agricultural development. Rural area planning. Landscaping
General agronomy. Plant production
Generalities. Agricultural and farming systems. Agricultural development
Health
Health expenditure
Household economics
household income
Households
Human exposure
human health
humans
Income
Intensive farming
Nepal
Occupational health
Pesticides
Productivity
risk
Sociology
Sociology of economy and development
Studies
Surveys
Sustainable Development
Vegetables
watersheds
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Summary:We observed skewed distribution across household of benefits of pesticide use in vegetable farming in Nepal. However, economic burden or harm of pesticide use and exposure by household economy is poorly studied. It is hypothesized that exaggerated and incompetent pesticide use is likely to affect human health that may lead to decline in human productivity, and economic loss––that may further marginalize farmers. Thus, a study was conducted in the Ansi khola watershed of Kavrepalanchowk District of central Nepal. The primary aim of the study was to value risks of pesticide use and to estimate health costs of exposure by household category. We grouped household into “large-scale” who owns more than 1 ha of agricultural land, “small-scale” having 0.5 and 
ISSN:1387-585X
1573-2975
DOI:10.1007/s10668-012-9414-0