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LECTURES AND ARTICLES BY DR. ROBERT L. ZIMDAHL

Watch and Listen:

     The Relevance of Moral Philosophy to Agirculture - September 2023 Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines

          Watch on YouTube

     Guest on Ethical Agriculture Podcast - June 2022

          Listen to Part One

          Listen to Part Two

          Podcast Website

     Ethics for Agriculture Presentation - July 2015

          Watch on YouTube

     (The following material is available to anyone who wants to download and use it.)

     Ethics and Agricultural Science - Malaysia 2019

          YouTube Video

          View Online (.pdf)

          Powerpoint (.pptx)

          Lecture (.docx)

     Rethinking Agriculture and Kissing a Mule - Turkey 2019

          Audio Recording

          View Online (.pdf)

          Powerpoint (.pptx)

          Lecture (.docx)

     Integrated Weed Management for Sustainable Agriculture - Canada 2018

          View Online (.pdf)

          Powerpoint (.pptx)

          Lecture (.docx)

 

Read Illustrated Bulletins (.pdf):

     Factors Affecting Herbicide Performance - 1975

     Wicked Weed - 1980

Recent Lectures:

    Weed science for a sustainable agriculture and environment - An ethical perspective. Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society. Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. (invited speaker) September, 2019.

     Weed Science For Sustainable Agriculture and Environment- An Ethical Perspective. School of Postgraduate Studies. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore,India. (invited webinar) 2020.

     Agricultural Sustainability and Denial. Proceedings 3rd International Congress on Agricultural and Food Ethics. Istanbul, Turkey. November 5-6. Pp 44-57. 2021.

     Weed Science, Sustainable Agriculture, and Environment - An Ethical Perspective. Weed Science Society of Bangladesh. Feb. 12. (invited webinar) 2022

     The Relevance of Moral Philosophy to Agirculture - September 14, 2023 Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines

Linked Articles:

     The Ethical Values in the U.S. Agricultural and Food System.

          Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. 29(4):549-557.

          Robert L. Zimdahl and T. O. Holtzer. 2016.

     Ethics in Agriculture: Where Are We and Where Should We Be going.

          Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 31(6): 751-753.

          Robert L. Zimdahl and T. O. Holtzer. 2018.
 

     Ethics in Agriculture: Where Are We and Where Should We Be going.
          Journal of the Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society. 3(2):20-22. 
          Robert L. Zimdahl and T. O. Holtzer. 2021.
 

     Weed Science. Wikipedia. November. 3 pp. 2018.

     Agriculture’s Moral Dilemmas and The Need For Agroecology. Agronomy. 8(7),116.  2018.

Citations of Published Articles:

     Who Are You and Where Are You Going? Weed Technology. 8:388-391. 1994.

     Weed Science in Sustainable Agriculture. American J. of Alternative Agriculture. 10(3): 138-142. 1995.

     My View. Weed Science. 45:1. 1997.

     Rethinking Agricultural Research Roles. J. Agriculture and Human Values. 15:77-84. 1998.

     The Price of Moral Ambiguity. Univ. of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, Symposium on Plant Protection and Agroecology.  Held in honor of the retirement of Professor Dr. Werner Koch. PLITS 16 (2):231-236. 1998.

 

     Ethics for Weed Science. Weed Science. 46:636-639. 1998.

     My View.   Weed Science. 47:1. 1999.

     Teaching Agricultural Ethics.  J. of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. 13:229-247. 2000.

     My View. Weed Science. 48:663. 2000.

     Expanding the Context of Crop Management. Invited Review. Crop Science. 40:4-5. 2000.

     Agriculture’s Mission- Finding A Partner.  American J. Alternative Agriculture. 16:35-46. 2001.

     My View.  Weed Science.  50:1. 2002.

     My View: Weed Science. 50:137. 2002

     The President Said.  Weed Science.  50:14-25. 2002.

     Moral Confidence in Agriculture.  American J. Alternative  Agriculture. 17:44-53. 2002.

     My View. Weed Science. 50:687. 2002.

     The Evolution of Weed Science - An Ethical Perspective. 13th Australian Weeds Conference. Perth, WA. Pp. 336-440. 2002.

     The Mission of Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture. American J. Alternative Agriculture. 18:103-115. 2003.

     Extending Ethics. Journal of Extension 43(5): 4 pp. 2005.

     Ethical Merits of Agricultural Types - A Few Thoughts. EurSafe News. 11(2). 3-4. Online only at www.Eursafe.org. 2009.

 

     My View. Weed Science. 59:285. 2011.

     The ethical values in the U.S. agricultural and food system. J. Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. 29(4):549. 2016.-557.

     Ethics, Agriculture and Environment. 1 Tarim ve Gida Etigi Kongresi. (Proceedings: First Turkish Congress on Agricultural Ethics). Page 139. 2017.

     Some Thoughts About Ethics for Agriculture. Journal of the Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society. 1(1):17-22. 2019.


     Feeding the World and Agricultural Ethical Dilemma. Outlooks on Pest Management. 30(4):164-166. 2019.

     Sustainable Agriculture and Environment - An Ethical Perspective. Journal of the Asian Pacific Weed Science Society. 1(2): 2019.

     Ethics in Agriculture: Where Are We and Where Should We Be going. Journal of the Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society. 3(2):20-22. Zimdahl, R.L. and T. O. Holtzer. 2021.

 

QUICK DEFINITION

What is Integrated Weed Management?

The practice of ensuring the productivity of crops through careful selection of herbicides and other weed mitigation processes that are environmentally neutral.

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