John Abbott

Developing prototypes of a modernized approach to assess crop protection chemical safety

A Currie, John Abbott, David A. Dreier, Haitian Lu et autres

In 2019, the US EPA Administrator issued a directive directing the agency away from reliance on vertebrate tests by 2035, whilst maintaining high-quality human health and environmental risk assessments. There is no accepted approach to achieve this. The decade-long duration of the …

gb, us (code pays fourni par la source)

Marketing And The Rural Poor

John Abbott

Defining poverty in money terms begs many questions: the value to be set on a house and subsistence production; the cost of the essentials that must be purchased in the country concerned; the exchange rate applicable, and so on. Poverty tor Malawians …

The Marketing Group In FAO

John Abbott

In 1955 the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) marketing group had just moved out of the Commodities Division. This division undertook commodity outlook reviews; it also serviced international study groups interested in stabilizing commodity prices on world markets. The marketing group was …

FAO Marketing Assistance

John Abbott

Most countries, including the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, look to Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for statistics and technical information on a world basis. A request to provide a general marketing adviser was often the first step in seeking FAO assistance. …

Non-Apis Bee Exposure Workshop: Industry Participants’ View

Silvia Hinarejos, John Abbott, Anne Alix, Sharma Bibek et autres

The use of pesticides, as formulated products, and their active ingredients are regulated to ensure that products are effective in crop protection, and at the same time, safe for humans and the environment. Because nontarget organisms, such as bees, can be exposed …

us, de, gb (code pays fourni par la source)

Workshop on Pesticide Exposure Assessment Paradigm for Non- Apis Bees: Foundation and Summaries

Natalie K. Boyle, Theresa L. Pitts‐Singer, John Abbott, Anne Alix et autres

Current pesticide risk assessment practices use the honey bee, Apis mellifera L., as a surrogate to characterize the likelihood of chemical exposure of a candidate pesticide for all bee species. Bees make up a diverse insect group that provides critical pollination services …

us, ca, gb (code pays fourni par la source)

1718 Accident prevention in practice or risk management?

John Abbott, Sally Swingewood, Susan Michaeils

Aim of special session An Eclectic mix of interesting, topical subjects in the world of accident prevention

gb (code pays fourni par la source)

Characteristics of Empowerment/Conscientisacion

John Abbott

Issues in Vendor/Library Relations-Will Amazon Wal-Mart the Book Vendors?

Bob Nardini, John Abbott

us (code pays fourni par la source)

Institutional reform of marketing and related services to agriculture, with particular reference to Africa

John Abbott

Over the decades to 1980 agricultural marketing and input supply systems came increasingly under official monopolies. Dissatisfaction with the incentives offerred to producers and with the costs to governments has sparked interest in reform. Practicable ways of introducing more competition and mobilizing …

Anatomical and Morphological Response of Highbush Blueberry to Flooding Stress

John Abbott

The purpose of this research was to study the various aspects of root, shoot and reproductive growth of the cultivated highbush blueberry under normal conditions and as influenced by seasonal root zone flooding. These studies were conducted on three cultivars – “Earliblue”, …

us (code pays fourni par la source)

Vascular dysplasia of the cecum as a repeated source of hemorrhage

Krishan D. Thanik, William Y. Chey, John Abbott

us (code pays fourni par la source)