TY  - CHAP
AB  - In this chapter the contingent valuation method is used to estimate the yearly value to an average farmer in Sri Lanka of avoiding direct exposure to pesticides and the resulting illnesses. The costs are shown to be high. The pesticide cost scenarios calculated from the contingent valuation bids for the entire country show that the costs run into millions of Sri Lankan rupees each year. The last section of the paper identifies the factors that influence the willingness to pay (WTP) to avoid direct exposure to pesticides and the resulting illnesses. The health policy implications stemming from the regression analysis are also discussed.
VL  - 4
SN  - 978-0-76230-850-7, 978-1-84950-138-5/1569-3740
DO  - 10.1016/S1569-3740(02)04012-9
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/S1569-3740(02)04012-9
AU  - Wilson Clevo
ED  - Darwin C. Hall
ED  - L. Joe Moffitt
PY  - 2002
Y1  - 2002/01/01
TI  - Pesticide avoidance: Results from a Sri Lankan study with health policy implications
T2  - Economics of Pesticides, Sustainable Food Production, and Organic Food Markets
T3  - Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 231
EP  - 258
Y2  - 2024/09/18
ER  -