Globalizing integrated pest management [[electronic resource] ] : a participatory research process / / edited by George W. Norton ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910144448903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ames, Iowa, : Blackwell Pub., 2005
• ISBN: 1-282-36523-1; 9786612365232; 0-470-29016-1; 0-470-29005-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (355 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): NortonGeorge W
• Disciplina: 632.6; 632.9
• Soggetti: Pests - Integrated control; Pests - Integrated control - Research - International cooperation; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Globalizing Integrated Pest Management: A Participatory Research Process; Contents; Contributing Authors; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Foreword; I. The Need to Globalize IPM through a Participatory Process; 1. The Need for Cost-Effective Design and Diffusion of IPM; 2. Participatory Integrated Pest Management (PIPM) Process; II. Developing Strategic IPM Packages; 3. Developing IPM Packages in Asia; 4. Developing IPM Packages in Africa; 5. Developing IPM Packages in Latin America; 6. Developing IPM Packages in the Caribbean; 7. Developing IPM Packages in Eastern Europe: Participatory IPM Research in Albanian OlivesIII. Deploying Strategic IPM Packages; 8. IPM Transfer and Adoption; 9. Developments and Innovations in Farmer Field Schools and the Training of Trainers; 10. Pesticide and IPM Policy Analysis; 11. The Role of Institutionalized Pre-Shipment Inspection Programs in Achieving Sustainability in Non-Traditional Agricultural Export Markets; IV. Evaluating Strategic IPM Packages; 12. Evaluating Socio-Economic Impacts of IPM; 13. Evaluating the Health and ; Environmental Impacts of IPM; 14. Gender and IPM; V. Conclusions15. Lessons Learned; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: As food demand has grown worldwide, agricultural production has intensified with a concomitant expansion in pesticide use. Concerns over pesticide-induced health and environmental problems, increased pest resistance to pesticides, and continued losses due to pests, have stimulated the search for alternative pest management solutions. As a result integrated pest management (IPM) approaches have been developed and applied that rely on genetic, cultural, biological and information-intensive pest management alternatives. This book presents and critiques the participatory approaches that can