Despite a history of several decades of pesticide regulation, continuous innovation, and considerable practical experience with using pesticides in agriculture, the environmental impact of pesticide use is of serious concern.

Despite a history of several decades of pesticide regulation, continuous innovation, and considerable practical experience with using pesticides in agriculture, the environmental impact of pesticide use continues to be of serious concern.

Contributors' biographical notes
Acknowledgements
List of reviewers
Preface
Chapter 1: Questions around the persistence of the pesticide problem
Chapter 2: An agricultural vision
Chapter 3: The authorisation of pesticides in the light of sustainability
Chapter 4: Innovation in the agrochemical industry
Chapter 5: Regulatory science in an international regime: An institutional analysis
Chapter 6: Farmers' agrochemical use decisions and the potential of efficiency and innovation offsets
Chapter 7: Variations in agricultural practice and environmental care
Chapter 8: Assessing the environmental performance of agriculture: Pesticide use, risk and management indicators
Chapter 9: integrated assessment of pesticides: Methods for predicting and detecting environmental risks in a safety net
Chapter 10: Site-specific pest management
Chapter 11: New Biotechnology, crop protection and sustainable development
Chapter 12: European food industry initiatives reducing pesticide use
Chapter 13: Impact of International Policies (CAP) and Agreements (WTO) on the development of organic farming
Chapter 14: Integration: Learning to solve the problem.
Index