Pesticides and Agriculture: Profit, Politics and Policy

This book will be a standard reference on understanding the growth structure, dynamics and major players in a hugely-important and influential sector in global agriculture. It will appeal to a wide range of readers, from policy makers and researchers in crop protection to financial and investment analysts focussed on agriculture, and to all those interested in the development and future of modern agriculture.

Dr Dave Watson is a leading authority on sustainable development and optimising value chains in agriculture. He has taught courses on sustainable development for the University of Hull (UK), as well as managing research and development programmes for the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and currently for the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in Mexico. Dr Watson is editor of the two volume Achieving sustainable cultivation of maize, also published by Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing.