Development of awareness tools for a sustainable use of pesticides

"An integrated pesticides risk assessment tool has been developed (POCER2 model). This tool offers the possibility to take into account social values through the weights attributed to different environmental compartments that are considered (men, groundwater, etc), but no participatory actions...

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Main Authors: Maraite, Henri, Steurbaut, Walter, Debongnie, Philippe
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Brussels 2004
Belgian Science Policy
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19294169124910123419-Development-of-awareness-tools.htm
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Summary:"An integrated pesticides risk assessment tool has been developed (POCER2 model). This tool offers the possibility to take into account social values through the weights attributed to different environmental compartments that are considered (men, groundwater, etc), but no participatory actions or methodology were implemented to obtain these weights from citizens, so this possibility has not been used in the model."
Physical Description:105 p.
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