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Titolo: | Globalizing integrated pest management [[electronic resource] ] : a participatory research process / / edited by George W. Norton ... [et al.] |
Pubblicazione: | Ames, Iowa, : Blackwell Pub., 2005 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (355 p.) |
Disciplina: | 632.6 |
632.9 | |
Soggetto topico: | Pests - Integrated control |
Pests - Integrated control - Research - International cooperation | |
Altri autori: | NortonGeorge W |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Globalizing integrated pest management |
ISBN: | 1-282-36523-1 |
9786612365232 | |
0-470-29016-1 | |
0-470-29005-6 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 996203146503316 |
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