Description
Book SynopsisThe concept of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) was developed as an alternative to chemical pesticides following the widespread realization or their horrifying and damaging effects on environment, human, animal and plant health, which were vividly portrayed in Rachel Carson s book Silent Spring. The IPM approach involves the use of different tactics in compatible combinations to keep pest populations below the levels at which they cause economics injury. Thus. the IPM approach minimizes the use of chemical pesticides and avoids their harmful effects. The development and implementation of IPM has been increasing in North America with successful results. However, its role in tropical agriculture is less well known. For this reason, the United Nations Environment Programine (UNEP), and the International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) undertook a global review of IPM to assess the impact of related activities in tropical regions of Asia. Africa and South America. This vol
Table of ContentsPractice of Integrated Pest Management in Tropical and Sub-TropicalAfrica: An Overview of Two Decades (1970-1990) (O. Zethner).
Practice of IPM in South and Southeast Asia (A. Raheja).
Review of IPM in South America (C. Campanhola, et al.).
Executive Summary and Recommendations.
Index.
