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 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.

"The book will be of particular interest to many whether in marketing or research throughout the pesticide industry and those involved in financial and investment in agriculture, as it provides an interesting insight to the way the industry has grown and adapted to the changes in legislation and regulatory requirements on a global scale."Outlooks on Pest Management – review by Emeritus Prof. Graham Matthews, Imperial College London, UK

• 1.The evolution of the pesticide industry in the Pre-Productivist Period (2500 BC–1929 AD); 2.The evolution of the pesticide industry in the Productivist Period (1930–1973); 3.The evolution of the pesticide industry in the Divergent Period (1974–2017); 4.The evolution of the pesticide industry under Residual Productivism (1974-2017); 5.The evolution of the pesticide industry under Neo-Productivism (1974-2017); 6.The evolution of the pesticide industry under Post-Productivism (1974-2017); 7.The evolution of the pesticide industry under the ‘Sustainability Paradigm’ (1974-2017); 8.The future of pesticides and biotechnologies

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 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.

"The book will be of particular interest to many whether in marketing or research throughout the pesticide industry and those involved in financial and investment in agriculture, as it provides an interesting insight to the way the industry has grown and adapted to the changes in legislation and regulatory requirements on a global scale."Outlooks on Pest Management – review by Emeritus Prof. Graham Matthews, Imperial College London, UK

• 1.The evolution of the pesticide industry in the Pre-Productivist Period (2500 BC–1929 AD); 2.The evolution of the pesticide industry in the Productivist Period (1930–1973); 3.The evolution of the pesticide industry in the Divergent Period (1974–2017); 4.The evolution of the pesticide industry under Residual Productivism (1974-2017); 5.The evolution of the pesticide industry under Neo-Productivism (1974-2017); 6.The evolution of the pesticide industry under Post-Productivism (1974-2017); 7.The evolution of the pesticide industry under the ‘Sustainability Paradigm’ (1974-2017); 8.The future of pesticides and biotechnologies