Pesticides and agriculture : profit, politics and policy / Dave Watson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watson, Dave, author.

Series:

Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science ; Number 67.

Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science ; Number 67

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pesticides industry.

Pesticides--Political aspects.

Pesticides.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (419 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, 2018.

Summary:

Pesticides have played a critical but sometimes controversial role in the development of agriculture. This book provides an authoritative account of the development of the modern pesticides industry. It discusses the emergence of major pesticide companies such as Bayer, Monsanto, Rhone Poulenc, Dow, DuPont, Ciba-Geigy, Syngenta, BASF and ICI. It covers their competitive strategies such as product development, mergers/acquisitions and diversification. Individual company strategies are placed in the context of broader developments in agriculture which have driven the evolution of the industry, from the Pre-Productionist period to the contemporary world of Post-Productivism and the Sustainability Paradigm. It also reviews how companies have responded to changing national and international policy towards the role of pesticides in agriculture and efforts to regulate their use.

Contents:

Intro

Pesticides and agriculture

Contents

Series list

Introduction

Chapter 1 The evolution of the pesticide industry in the Pre-Productivist Period (2500 BC-1929 AD)

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Traditional Phase (2500 BC-1749 AD)

1.3 Revolutionary Phase (1750-1846)

1.4 International Phase (1847-1929)

1.5 Summary

Chapter 2 The evolution of the pesticide industry in the Productivist Period (1930-1973)

2.1 Key characteristics of farming systems and broader economic, social and political contexts

2.2 Key external drivers of pesticide evolution

2.3 Key characteristics of pesticide development processes and manufacturers

2.4 Key outcomes of pesticide development and application

2.5 Summary

Chapter 3 The evolution of the pesticide industry in the Divergent Period (1974-2017)

3.1 Key characteristics of farming systems and broader economic, social and political contexts

3.2 Summary

Chapter 4 The evolution of the pesticide industry under Residual Productivism (1974-2017)

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Key characteristics of urban-centred industrial agro-food systems and broader economic, social and political contexts

4.3 Key external drivers of pesticide evolution

4.4 Key characteristics of pesticide development processes and manufacturers

4.5 Key outcomes of pesticides and biotechnologies development and application in Western Europe, Japan and the USA

4.6 Summary

Chapter 5 The evolution of the pesticide industry under Neo-Productivism (1974-2017)

5.1 Key characteristics of urban-centred industrial agro-food systems and broader economic, social and political contexts

5.2 Key external drivers of pesticide evolution

5.3 Key characteristics of pesticide development processes and manufacturers

5.4 Key outcomes of pesticides and biotechnologies

5.5 Summary.

Chapter 6 The evolution of the pesticide industry under Post-Productivism (1974-2017)

6.1 Key characteristics of urban-centred industrial agro-food systems and broader economic, social and political contexts

6.2 Key external drivers of pesticide evolution

6.3 Key characteristics of pesticide development processes and manufacturers

6.4 Key outcomes of pesticides and biotechnologies

6.5 Summary

Chapter 7 The evolution of the pesticide industry under the 'Sustainability Paradigm' (1974-2017)

7.1 Key characteristics of urban-centred industrial agro-food systems and broader economic, social and political contexts

7.2 Key external drivers of pesticide evolution

7.3 Key characteristics of pesticide development processes and manufacturers

7.4 Key outcomes of pesticide and biotechnology development and application

7.5 Summary

Chapter 8 The future of pesticides and biotechnologies

8.1 Key characteristics of agricultural development

8.2 Key drivers of pesticide industry evolution

8.3 Key characteristics of life science corporation development

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-66399-4

OCLC:

1057341459