The pesticide detox towards a more sustainable agriculture

• 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

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...