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 Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2005.
Subjects
Agricultural pests > Biological control.
Pesticides > Environmental aspects.
Organic farming.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781849773188
9781601197054
9781844071425
9781844071418
9781417583225
9781280475115
Physical Description1 online zdroj (xxiii, 294 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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