An import ant reason for the increase in pesticide use in Asian countries has been the shift of farmers from traditional subsistence farming towards market-oriented intensive-crop farming. This increase has been driven by an increasing demand for vegetables and other crops, caused by urbanisation and economic development (Midmore and Janssen 2003). Capable of growing two or three crops a year, these countries are becoming the future “breadbaskets” for the world, exporting agricultural produce to regions having colder climates and shorter growing seasons (Ecobichon 2001). Given the increased rate of cropping,environmental side-effects of pesticide use are likely to be more severe in developing countries than in the developed world, even where regulatory guidelines are enforced. In addition, the general knowledge and public awareness of the scale and importance of such problems is limited (Yudelman et al. 1998), and as a consequence, environmental regulations are ‘imported’ from the developed world, to function in systems and environments which differ significantly from those where the guidelines were derived.