Pesticide residues are one of the most important issues affecting food safety. In this review,
the general situation of pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables based on the background …

Non-point source (NPS) pollution has been increasingly serious in China since the 1990s.
The increases of agricultural NPS pollution in China is evaluated for the period 2000− 2008 …

A fair evaluation of the net benefits provided by pesticides is essential to feed the current
debate on their benefits and adverse consequences. Pesticides provide many benefits by …

Rice production in China has more than tripled in the past five decades mainly due to
increased grain yield rather than increased planting area. This increase has come from the …

Recent studies argue that cross-country labor productivity differences are much larger in
agriculture than in the aggregate. We reexamine the agricultural productivity data underlying …

By linking provincial pesticide usage reports from several Chinese statistical yearbooks
(1998-2011) with the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (1998-2011), this …

Vegetables attract high applications of pesticides, and farmers in developing countries use
many acutely toxic insecticides to control pests on these crops. With the liberalisation of …

The overall goal of this study is to determine the extent by which genetically engineered
(GE) crops in China can lead to reductions of pesticide use, the nature and source of the …

Monitoring the educational level of farmers and retailers on pesticide use would be useful to
assess the appropriateness of information for reducing or/and avoiding the risks from …

This collection of papers is the final result of two capacity-building projects for environmental
NGOs in China–the SENGO project (Strengthening Environmental NGOs in China), funded …