1st Edition

Crop Protection Strategies For Subsistence Farmers

By Miguel A Altieri Copyright 1993
    208 Pages
    by CRC Press

    208 Pages
    by CRC Press

    This book describes crop protection strategies that rely on subsistence farmers' knowledge and participation, local resources, and alternative low-input methods as a sensitive approach to developing and implementing pest management schemes adjusted to farmers' needs and their conditions. .

    1. Designing and Improving Pest Management Systems for Subsistence Farmers 2. Steps Toward an Alternate and Safe Pest Management System for Small Farmers in the Philippines 3. A Farming Systems Approach to Insect Pest Management for Upland and Lowland Rice Farmers in Tropical Asia 4. Implementation of IPM for Small-Scale Cassava Farmers 5. Effects of Cassava Intercropping and Varietal Mixtures on Herbivore Load, Plant Growth, and Yields: Applications for Small Farmers in Latin America 6. Human Interactions in Classical Biological Control of Cassava and Mango Mealybugs on Subsistence Farms in Tropical Africa