Abstract
Agricultural pesticides have adverse impacts on the environment and human health. These impacts are sensitive to climate change because pest pressure and optimal pesticide application rates vary with weather and climate conditions. This study uses the Pesticide Environmental Accounting (PEA) tool and statistically estimated relationships between pesticide applications, weather and climate to compute the impacts of climate change on the external cost of pesticide applications. Using data from 32 US states, 56 crops and 325 pesticides, the current average external cost of pesticide use in US agriculture is calculated at US$42 per hectare. Under projected climate change this value increases up to $72 per hectare by 2100.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Pages (from-to) | 203-216 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISSN | 1473-5903 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 13 Climate Action
Research areas and keywords
- Sustainability Science
- agricultural pesticides
- climate change
- environmental costs
- externality
- United States
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Economics and Econometrics
- Agronomy and Crop Science
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