The pesticide detox towards a more sustainable agriculture

Since the 1960s the world's population has more than doubled and agricultural production per person has increased by a third. Yet this growth in production has masked enormous hidden costs arising from widespread pesticide use - massive ecological damage and high incidences of farmer poisoning...

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Other Authors: Pretty, Jules N.
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2005.
Subjects:
Agricultural pests > Biological control.
Pesticides > Environmental aspects.
Organic farming.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
ISBN: 9781849773188
9781601197054
9781844071425
9781844071418
9781417583225
9781280475115
Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (xxiii, 294 pages) : illustrations

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245 0 4 |a The pesticide detox  |h [elektronický zdroj] :  |b towards a more sustainable agriculture /  |c edited by Jules Pretty. 
260 |a London ;  |a Sterling, VA :  |b Earthscan,  |c 2005. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-283) and index. 
505 0 |a 1. Pesticide use and the environment / Jules Pretty, Rachel Hine -- 2. The health impacts of pesticides : what do we know? / Misa Kishi -- 3. Paying the price : the full cost of pesticides / Jules Pretty, Hermann Waibel -- 4. Corporations and pesticides / Barbara Dinham -- 5. Overview of agrobiologicals and alternatives to synthetic pesticides / David Dent -- 6. Farmer decision-making for ecological pest management / Catrin Meir, Stephanie Williamson -- 7. The human and social dimensions of pest management for agricultural sustainability / Niels Röling -- 8. Ecological basis for low-toxicity integrated pest management (IPM) in rice and vegetables / Kevin Gallagher [and others] -- 9. Towards zero-pesticide use in tropical agroecosytems / Hans R. Herren, Fritz Schulthess, Markus Knapp -- 10. From pesticides to people : improving ecosystem health in the Northern Andes / Steve Sherwood [and others] -- 11. Breaking the barriers to IPM in Africa : evidence from Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana and Senegal / Stephanie Williamson -- 12. Towards safe cocoa pest management in West Africa / Janny G.M. Vos, Sam L.J. Page -- 13. Agroecological approaches to pest management in the US / Carol Shennan, Tara Pisani Gareau, J. Robert Sirrine -- 14. Towards safe pest management in industrialized agricultural systems / Stephanie Williamson, David Buffin -- 15. Policies and trends / Harry van der Wulp, Jules Pretty. 
520 |a Since the 1960s the world's population has more than doubled and agricultural production per person has increased by a third. Yet this growth in production has masked enormous hidden costs arising from widespread pesticide use - massive ecological damage and high incidences of farmer poisoning and chronic health effects. Whereas once the risks involved with pesticide use were judged to be outweighed by the potential benefits increasingly the external costs of pesticides to environments and human health are being seen as unacceptable. In response to this trend recent years have seen millions of. 
590 |a Knovel Library  |b ACADEMIC - Sustainable Energy & Development 
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