Policies for Sustainable Pest Control
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2021) | Viewed by 409
Special Issue Editor
Interests: environmental and resource economics; regulation and use of biotechnology; integrated pest management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Many species have evolved resistance to pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and antibiotics. The resistance of pests and pathogens to chemical and antibiotic control threatens the sustainability of many agricultural production systems. While much research has stated (and restated) the nature and causes of resistance problems, there is far less work on formulating or evaluating concrete policy responses to these problems. This Special Issue seeks to collect papers aimed at developing and evaluating policy options to address resistance problems in agriculture. This includes empirical studies of past policy successes (or failures) as well as prescriptive articles, making the case for innovative policies. Papers that take a synthetic approach, for example considering insecticide, herbicide and antibiotic resistance as an overarching problem, are of interest. Also welcome are analyses of the role of non-chemical pest control options, and policies to promote them.
Dr. George Frisvold
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- pest resistance
- antibiotic resistance
- integrated pest management (IPM)
- sustainable agriculture
- biotechnology
- policy
