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Selecting Appropriate Weed Control Systems for Developing Countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Douglas Young ,
Stanley Miller ,
Herbert Fisher  and
Myron Shenk
Douglas Young
Affiliation:
Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA 99163
Stanley Miller
Affiliation:
Int. Plant Protection Center, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR 97331
Herbert Fisher
Affiliation:
Int. Plant Protection Center, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR 97331
Myron Shenk
Affiliation:
Int. Plant Protection Center, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR 97331
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Abstract

Herbicides can increase agricultural productivity and rural welfare where agronomic considerations or labor shortages favor their utilization, but ecological, social, and economic conditions in developing countries often favor alternative weed control methods. Traditional hoeing by peasant farmers in a Northeast Brazil upland region was found to be both effective and economical in comparison with other methods. In another Northeast Brazil region, government herbicide subsidies and payroll taxes were projected to encourage excessive use of herbicides at the expense of displaced workers with few alternative employment opportunities.

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Research Article
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Weed Science , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , May 1978 , pp. 209 - 212
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Copyright © 1978 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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