| Description |
1 online resource (257 pages) |
| Series |
Westview studies in insect biology |
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Westview studies in insect biology.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Authors; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: The Management of Pests and Pesticides; PART I PEST AND PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT AT THE INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL AND REGIONAL LEVELS; 2 Environmental Problems of Pesticide Usage in Malaysian Rice Fields -- Perceptions and Future Considerations; 3 Educating and Training Pest Managers: The Role of Distance Teaching; 4 Problems Concerning Pesticide Use in Highland Agriculture, Northern Thailand; 5 Insecticide Production, Distribution and Use: Analysing National and International Statistics |
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6 A Case Study of Pest Management on Cotton in Queensland7 'Letters to the Editor' and the Perception of Weed Control Strategies: The Use of 2,4-D to Control Myriophyllum spicatum L. in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada; Farmers' Perceptions of Pesticides as a Cotton Crop Protection Strategy; 9 The Pesticide Dilemma in Malaysia; 10 Marketing of Pesticides in Pakistan in Relation to Legal and Other Controls; 11 Pesticide Flow and Government Attitude to Pests and Pesticides in Kwara State, Nigeria; 12 Instability in Agroecosystems Due to Pesticides |
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PART II PEST MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL13 Philippine Rice Farmers and Insecticides: Thirty Years of Growing Dependency and New Options for Change; 14 The Motivating Factors for Community Participation in Vector Control; 15 Agricultural Pests and the Farming System: A Study of Pest Hazards and Pest Management by Small-Scale Farmers in Kenya; 16 The Environmental Conflict and Farmers' Attitudes to Pesticide Use in Britain; 17 Perception and Management of Pests and Pesticides by Malaysian Traditional Small Farmers -- A Case Study |
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18 Pest Control Practices and Pesticide Perceptions of Vegetable Farmers in Loo Valley, Benguet, Philippines19 Towards the Management of Pests in Small Farmer Mixed Cropping Situations in Tropical Africa; 20 Farmers' Perceptions of the Rice Tungro Virus Problem in the Muda Irrigation Scheme, Malaysia; 21 Pesticide Practice among Vegetable Growers in Mauritius; 22 Trends in Pesticide Usage in Uganda; 23 Farmers' Practices and Recommended Economic Threshold Levels in Irrigated Rice in the Philippines; 24 Perception and Management of Crop Pests Among Subsistence Farmers in South Nyanza, Kenya |
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25 The Communication and Adoption of Crop Protection Technology in Rice-Growing Villages in the Philippines26 Conclusions and Further Recommendations for Research and Development; Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Agricultural pests -- Integrated control.
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Pesticides.
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Farmers.
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pesticide.
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farmer (early cultures)
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farmers (people in agriculture)
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Agricultural pests -- Integrated control
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Farmers
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Pesticides
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429692017 |
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0429692013 |
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9780429712029 |
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0429712022 |
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