Author: Publisher:
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Category : Pesticides
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Escape from the Pesticide Treadmill
Author: Escape from the Pesticide Treadmill
Author: Michael HansenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural pests
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Escape from the Pesticide Treadmill
Author: Michael Hansen (Ph.D.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural pests
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
Escape from the Pesticide Treadmill
Author: Michael HansenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural pests
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Integrated pest management and biological control methods are described for cassava, soybeans, bananas, cotton, rice and coconuts
Pesticide Trade in Asia
Author: Latifa SatterleePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pesticides
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
What Works?
Author: D. Scott SlocombePublisher: Environmental and Public Policy
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Neurotoxicity
Author: Battling Resistance to Antibiotics and Pesticides
Author: Ramanan LaxminarayanPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136524304
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The increasing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics, and pests to pesticides, threatens to undo some of the most remarkable advances made in public health and agriculture during the past century. Though the potential consequences of increased antibiotic and pesticide resistance are far reaching, regulatory efforts to address the problem are at a very early stage. Battling Resistance to Antibiotics and Pesticides moves such discussions forward by presenting cutting edge research and the first comprehensive application of economic tools to analyze how antibiotics and pesticides should be used to maximize their value to society. Laxminarayan and his contributors explore lessons from past experiences with resistance, especially in agriculture. They consider what incentives would be ideal for the individuals who prescribe or apply antibiotics and pesticides, and what would be ideal for the firms engaged in developing and producing these products. The chapters in this groundbreaking book reflect the fact that efforts to combat resistance will require contributions from a broad range of scholars and professionals, representing a broad range of expertise. The analysis demonstrates that, for all these participants, an understanding of economic issues is an essential complement to knowledge of medical or biological factors. The book provides economists with an overview of relevant scientific issues, as well as a variety of analytical approaches to studying the economics of resistance. It offers policymakers detailed analyses of the multiple dimensions of resistance and discusses the future strategies to combat and manage resistance. For professionals in medicine, public health, and agriculture, the book translates the economic approaches into usable guidance for daily practice and decisionmaking.
Biological Control
Author: Charles VincentPublisher: CABI
ISBN: 184593265X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
This book contains 45 chapters divided into four sections, i.e. classical biocontrol programmes, inundative (or augmentative) biocontrol programmes (using nematodes, bacteria, fungi and viruses), conservation biocontrol programmes and networking in biocontrol. It describes the personal experiences of scientists from the initial search for suitable control agents against weeds and pests, to the release of these biological control agents into ecosystems and finally to the beneficial outcomes demonstrating the success of biological control across diverse agroecosystems. This book is intended for researchers and students interested in crop science, pest management, biotechnology, ecology and policy analysis.
Cultivating Crisis
Author: Douglas L. MurrayPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292751699
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Since World War II, the Green Revolution has boosted agricultural production in Latin America and other parts of the Third World, with money, technical assistance, and other forms of aid from United States development agencies. But the Green Revolution came at a high price—massive pesticide dependence that has caused serious socioeconomic and public health problems and widespread environmental damage. In this study, Douglas Murray draws on ten years of field research to tell the stories of international development strategies, pesticide problems, and agrarian change in Latin America. Interwoven with his considerations of economic and geopolitical dimensions are the human consequences for individual farmers and rural communities. This highly interdisciplinary study, integrating the perspectives of sociology, ecology, economics, political science, and public health, adds an important voice to the debate on opportunities for and obstacles to more lasting and sustainable development in the Third World. It will be of interest to a wide audience in the social and environmental sciences.