pesticide usage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpesticideandusage
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pesticide
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈpes.tɪ.saɪd/us/ˈpes.tə.saɪd/
a chemical substance used to kill harmful insects, small animals, wild plants, and other ...
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usage
noun
uk/ˈjuː.sɪdʒ/us/ˈjuː.sɪdʒ/
the way a particular word in a language, or a language in general, ...
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(Definition ofpesticideandusagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Positive significant shares of soybeans, sugarcane, tobacco, cotton, and fruits18 suggest higherpesticideusageon most of the major cash crops for export.
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There have been some efforts in recent years to reducepesticideusagein banana production, but on the whole it is still quite pesticide intensive.
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The indicators cover deforestation,pesticideusage, overfishing, hazardous wastes, non-hazardous inorganic wastes, non-hazardous organic wastes, greenhouse gases, and urban air pollution.
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However, the increase inpesticideusageassociated with pour-on treatments may also be due, in part, to repeated applications.
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In addition, the information may be used by those involved in residue testing, for public information and to evaluate the impact of policy and trends inpesticideusage.
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Pesticideusageincreases mainly in response to expanded banana, coffee, and sugarcane production, while banana and coffee production drive the increases in organic wastes.
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Laureldale is regularly used for small-plot field trials and has a complex land-use history based on a range of crops and a diverse mixture of fertilizer andpesticideusagepatterns.
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These published reports include detailed accounts of pesticides used on particular crops and summaries of totalpesticideusageover given periods.
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Monitoring of all agricultural pesticides including imidacloprid is carried out by the working party onpesticideusagesurveys in a four-year rolling programme.
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It said that pesticide taxation will not necessarily reducepesticideusageor offer environmental benefits.
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Pesticideusagesurveys are undertaken at regular intervals and the results are published.
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These include a policy aim of minimumpesticideusageconsistent with efficient production, closer control of aerial spraying, and more research, especially directed at ways of reducing overall usage.
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It is often considered that variety choice is one area where farmers could materially affectpesticideusageby selecting those varieties with high levels of disease and pest resistance.
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Data onpesticideusageremain scattered and/or not publicly available (3).
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