Documents & Reports
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Pesticides (English)
Agriculture’s heavy and growing dependence on pesticides across large parts of the world, though partly fueled by pesticides’ own effectiveness, is placing an ever-rising burden on human health, biodiversity...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 124345 Document Date: March 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cassou,Emilie
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Main References (English)
This document includes references for Agricultural Pollution series notes.
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 124347 Document Date: March 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Field Burning (English)
The practice of burning unwanted vegetation to prepare land for sowing crops or other farming activities is a worldwide and long-standing practice. Its tenacity, despite its harmful consequences for air...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 124342 Document Date: March 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cassou,Emilie
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Aquaculture (English)
Global fisheries production has risen rapidly over the past 60 years at over two and a half times the rate of world population growth, and aquaculture today is among the fastest-growing food sectors. The...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 124341 Document Date: March 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cassou,Emilie
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Fertilizer (English)
Over the past 50–60 years, unbridled growth in global fertilizer use to boost and maintain crop yields has polluted natural and agricultural systems, leading to a range of harmful outcomes. The abundant...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 124343 Document Date: March 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cassou,Emilie
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Livestock Wastes (English)
The livestock sector is a major and growing source of pollution across the world as rising global demand for animal products including beef, pork, poultry, and dairy products is leading livestock operations...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 124344 Document Date: March 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cassou,Emilie
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Plastics (English)
Although the agricultural sector is not the largest user of plastics, their rapid appearance on farms the world over is quietly turning into a substantial pollution concern. Versatile and economical as...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 124346 Document Date: March 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cassou,Emilie
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Aquaculture pollution : an overview of issues with a focus on China, Vietnam, and the Philippines (English)
Aquaculture is probably the fastest-growing animal production sector in the Asia Pacific region. Aquaculture is predicted to continue increasing production by optimizing and intensifying existing aquaculture...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 122927 Document Date: January 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: White,Patrick
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An overview of agricultural pollution in Vietnam : the crops sector (English)
The “study” constitutes the totality of the work and includes multiple components,including national overviews of agricultural pollution for the three focus countries, thematic working papers, and an overall...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 122934 Document Date: January 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Nguyen,Tin Hong
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Manure management : an overview and assessment of policy instruments in the Netherlands (English)
This working paper provides an overview and assessment of Dutch manure management policy instruments from 1984 to 2016. The most successful and cost effective measures have included restrictions on manure...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 122924 Document Date: January 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Backus,Ge B. C.
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An overview of agricultural pollution in Vietnam : the aquaculture sector (English)
Aquaculture is an important and growing part of Vietnam’s agricultural economy. The aquaculture industry’s expansion has, however, contributed to environmental degradation and become a potential threat...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 122932 Document Date: January 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cong,Nguyen Van
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An overview of agricultural pollution in Vietnam : summary report 2017 (Vol. 1 of 2) (English)
Vietnamese agriculture has experienced remarkable growth over the past twenty years. Today, however, Vietnamese agriculture is edging toward the limits of a growth model rooted more in the intensification...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 122933 Document Date: January 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cassou,Emilie,Tran,Dai Nghia,Nguyen,Tin Hong,Dinh,Tung Xuan,Nguyen,Cong Van,Cao,Binh Thang,Jaffee,Steven M.,Ru,Jiang
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An overview of agricultural pollution in Vietnam : summary report 2017 (Vol. 2 of 2) : Annex (English)
Vietnamese agriculture has experienced remarkable growth over the past twenty years. Today, however, Vietnamese agriculture is edging toward the limits of a growth model rooted more in the intensification...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 122933 Document Date: January 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Tran,Dai Nghia
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An overview of agricultural pollution in Vietnam : the livestock sector (English)
In the past 10 years, Vietnam’s population has grown by around 1.03 percent per year, increasing from 83.1 million in 2005 to 93.4 million in 2015. Food demand has also increased rapidly as population...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 122935 Document Date: January 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dinh,Thuy Huong
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An overview of agricultural pollution in Vietnam : summary report 2017 (Vol. 1 of 2) (Vietnamese)
Vietnamese agriculture has experienced remarkable growth over the past twenty years. Today, however, Vietnamese agriculture is edging toward the limits of a growth model rooted more in the intensification...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 122933 Document Date: January 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cassou,Emilie,Tran,Dai Nghia,Nguyen,Tin Hong,Dinh,Tung Xuan,Nguyen,Cong Van,Cao,Binh Thang,Jaffee,Steven M.,Ru,Jiang
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An overview of agricultural pollution in Vietnam : the aquaculture sector : Tổng quan về ô nhiễm nông nghiệp ở Việt Nam : ngành thủy sản (Vietnamese)
Aquaculture is an important and growing part of Vietnam’s agricultural economy. The aquaculture industry’s expansion has, however, contributed to environmental degradation and become a potential threat...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 122932 Document Date: January 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cong,Nguyen Van
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An overview of agricultural pollution in Vietnam : summary report 2017 (Vol. 2 of 2) : Phụ lục đính kèm (Vietnamese)
Vietnamese agriculture has experienced remarkable growth over the past twenty years. Today, however, Vietnamese agriculture is edging toward the limits of a growth model rooted more in the intensification...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 122933 Document Date: January 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Tran,Dai Nghia
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An overview of agricultural pollution in Vietnam : the crops sector (Vietnamese)
The “study” constitutes the totality of the work and includes multiple components,including national overviews of agricultural pollution for the three focus countries, thematic working papers, and an overall...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 122934 Document Date: January 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Nguyen,Tin Hong
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An overview of agricultural pollution in Vietnam : the livestock sector (Vietnamese)
In the past 10 years, Vietnam’s population has grown by around 1.03 percent per year, increasing from 83.1 million in 2005 to 93.4 million in 2015. Food demand has also increased rapidly as population...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 122935 Document Date: January 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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An overview of agricultural pollution in the Philippines : the crops sector (English)
The Philippine archipelago emerged because of the dynamic shifting and collision of four plates: Continental Eurasian plate, Indian-Australian plate, Oceanic Pacific plate, and the Philippine Sea plate...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 122928 Document Date: January 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed