Environmental Impact Quotient – A Plant Out of Place

Is the Environmental Impact Quotient (EIQ) better than nothing?

September 3, 2016May 18, 2018 - by Andrew Kniss

This post is probably more technical than most that I write, but it is something that I think needs to be written. I actually debated submitting a short article to a peer reviewed journal, but really didn’t want to wait the months to a year that would require before it saw the light of day. So I’m putting the nuts and bolts here, and perhaps someday I’ll submit some version of this analysis to a journal where “serious academics” can read it. …

Herbicides / Imported from Control Freaks / Research

An Evaluation of the Environmental Impact Quotient (EIQ)

July 7, 2015February 15, 2018 - by Andrew Kniss

I’ve always been interested in how changes in agricultural production practices impact the environment. In particular, I’ve followed the adoption of genetically modified (GM) crops since I was an undergraduate, and try to stay up to date on research relating to the environmental impact associated with these crops. Several publications over the last decade have relied on the environmental impact quotient (EIQ) to quantify the environmental impact of changes in pesticide use resulting from GM crops. The EIQ originated with a …