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Below is a list of publications that are availible from NCFAP, a nonprofit 
independent research organization.  Please let use know if you are 
interested in any of the publications listed.



National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy
Pesticide Use Program
Publications List


ARTICLES AND TRANSCRIPTS

*    "Tradeoffs Involved in Pesticide Risk Management Decisions".  National 
Agricultural Chemicals Association, Spring Conference.  Washington, DC. 
 April 28, 1994.

*    "Pesticide Policymaking and Grower Organizations".  Cherry Marketing 
Institute, Annual Meeting.  Traverse City, MI.  February 1, 1994.

*    "Issues Associated with the Benefits Assessment of Pesticides". 
 Entomological Society of America, Annual Meeting.  Indianapolis, IN. 
 December 15, 1993.

*    "The Potential Roles of Herbicide-Resistant Crops in the United 
States".  Virginia Water Resources Center, Fourth National Conference on 
Pesticides.  Richmond, VA.  November 3, 1993.

*    "The Value of EPA's Pesticide Benefits Assessment Process".  Joint 
Hearing of the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, House Committee 
on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Labor and Human 
Resources.  Washington, DC.  September 21, 1993.

*    "Chemicals Seen Vital to Weeds, Pest Control".  Forum for Applied 
Research and Public Policy.  Fall 1993.

*    "The Quixotic Quest for Chemical-Free Farming".  Issues in Science and 
Technology.  Fall 1993.

*    "The Benefits of Pesticides in U.S. Crop Production".  Hearing of the 
Subcommittee on Department Operations and Nutrition, House of 
Representatives Committee on Agriculture.  July 14, 1993

*    "The Consequences of Potential Cancellation of Pesticides:  The Case of 
Fungicide Use in Apple Production".  National Center for Food and 
Agricultural Policy, Policy Briefing.  Washington, DC.  June 25, 1993.

*    "Herbicide-Resistant Weeds May Threaten Wheat Production in India". 
 Resources.  Spring 1993.

*    "Registration of Minor Use Pesticide: Some Observations and 
Implications".  Agricultual Resources: Inputs Situation and Outlook Report. 
 Economic Research Service USDA, 1992.

*    "Use of Pesticides in the United States".  Pesticide Residues and Food 
Safety, ACS Symposium Series 446.  American Chemical Society.  Washington, 
D.C.  1991.

*    "Inadequacy of Scientific and Economic Data in Pesticide Benefits 
Analyses"  Resources.  Summer 1991.

*    "Pesticide Policymaking: Options and Tradeoffs".  Proceedings of the 
Forty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Weed Science Society.  1991

*    "Effective Weed Control Without Herbicides?".  Proceedings of the 
Forty-Fifth North Central Weed Science Society Meeting.  1990.

*    "Comments on Alternative Agriculture".  Alternative Agriculture 
Scientists Review.  Council for
Agricultural Science and Technology, Special Publication No. 16, June 1990.

*    "Regulatory Policy, New Technology and Mother Nature"  Resources. 
 Winter 1989.

*    "The Environmental and Economic Tradeoffs of Pesticide Policymaking". 
 AERE Newsletter.  November 1989.

*    "Welfare Implications of Restricted Triazine Herbicide Use in the 
Chesapeake Bay Region".  Marine Resource Economics.  1989.

*    "Lack of Data Stymies Informed Decisions on Agricultural Pesticides" 
Resources.  Fall 1987.


TECHNICAL REPORTS

*    "Celery Insect Management:  National Policy Options".  September 1993.

*    "Federal Marketing Standards and the Use of Pesticides in California 
Stone Fruit Orchards".
November 1993.

*    "The Relationship Between Produce Marketing Standards and Pesticide 
Use:  Five Case Studies".  October 1992.

*    "US Pesticide Use Trends:  1966-1989".  January 1992.


PESTICIDE USE REPORTS: These will be updated in late November

*    "Agricultural Pesticide Use in California, 1990 and 1991".  March, 
1994.

*    "Insecticide Use in US Crop Production".  November 1992.

*    "Fungicide Use in US Crop Production".  August 1992.

*    "Herbicide Use in the United States:  National Summary Report".  April 
1991.

*    "The Use of Herbicides in US Crop Production:  Use Coefficients Listed 
by State (Active Ingredient)".  April 1991.


DISCUSSION PAPERS

*    "Pesticide Use Trends in US Agriculture, 1979-1992".  NCFAP Discussion 
Paper PS-93-1.  October 1993.

*    "Reducing Pesticide Use With No Loss in Yields?  A Critique of a Recent 
Cornell Report.  Discussion Paper QE91-16, Resources for the Future, July 
1991.



Articles and Transcripts - No Charge,   Pesticide Use Reports - $25.00
Technical Reports - $10.00,   Discussion Papers - $10.00

To order, check desired publications and send check or money order for the 
total amount of purchase to:

The National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy
Publications
1616 P Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC  20036
Phone: (202) 328-5048, Fax: (202) 939-3460, E-mail: anderson@rff.org


