The pesticide detox : towards a more sustainable agriculture
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Jules N Pretty
- ناشر : Sterling, VA ; London : Earthscan
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2005
- شابک / ISBN : 9781844071425
Description
Contents List of Contributors vii Preface x Acknowledgements xix List of Terms, Acronyms and Abbreviations xxii 1 Pesticide Use and the Environment 1 Jules Pretty and Rachel Hine 2 The Health Impacts of Pesticides: What Do We Now Know? 23 Misa Kishi 3 Paying the Price: The Full Cost of Pesticides 39 Jules Pretty and Hermann Waibel 4 Corporations and Pesticides 55 Barbara Dinham 5 Overview of Agrobiologicals and Alternatives to Synthetic Pesticides 70 David Dent 6 Farmer Decision-making for Ecological Pest Management 83 Catrin Meir and Stephanie Williamson 7 The Human and Social Dimensions of Pest Management for Agricultural Sustainability 97 Niels Röling 8 Ecological Basis for Low-toxicity Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Rice and Vegetables 116 Kevin Gallagher, Peter Ooi, Tom Mew, Emer Borromeo, Peter Kenmore and Jan-Willem Ketelaar 9 Towards Zero-pesticide Use in Tropical Agroecosystems 135 Hans R. Herren, Fritz Schulthess and Markus Knapp vi THE PESTICIDE DETOX 10 From Pesticides to People: Improving Ecosystem Health in the Northern Andes 147 Stephen Sherwood, Donald Cole, Charles Crissman and Myriam Paredes 11 Breaking the Barriers to IPM in Africa: Evidence from Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana and Senegal 165 Stephanie Williamson 12 Towards Safe Cocoa Pest Management in West Africa 181 Janny G.M. Vos and Sam L.J. Page 13 Agroecological Approaches to Pest Management in the US 193 Carol Shennan, Tara Pisani Gareau and J. Robert Sirrine 14 Towards Safe Pest Management in Industrialized Agricultural Systems 212 Stephanie Williamson and David Buffin 15 Policies and Trends 226 Harry van der Wulp and Jules Pretty References 238 Index 285
"The Pesticide Detox explores the potential for the phasing-out of hazardous pesticides and the phasing-in of cost effective alternatives already available on the market. This book makes clear that it is time to start the pesticide detox and to move towards a more sustainable agriculture."--Jacket.
