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