Crop protection and sustainable agriculture
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Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Ciba Foundation symposium ;
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470514474 |
Item Description: |
Editors: Derek J. Chadwick (organizer) and Joan Marsh. Proceedings of the Symposium on World Food Production by Means of Sustainable Agriculture: the Role of Crop Protection, held 30 Nov. to 2 Dec. 1992 in Madras, India by the Ciba Foundation in collaboration with the Centre for Research on Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development. "A Wiley-Interscience publication." "Ciba Foundation"--Cover. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (x, 285 p.) : ill., maps. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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9780470514481 (electronic bk.) 0470514485 (electronic bk.) 9780470514474 0470514477 |
Index Number: | SB950 |
CLC: | S433 |
Contents: | Introduction / J.C. Zadoks -- Ecological background of food production / R. Rabbinge -- Sustainable agriculture: an explanation of a concept / M.J. Jones -- Crop protection: why and how / J.C. Zadoks -- Economics of food production / M. Upton -- Government intervention in crop protection in developing countries / H. Waibel -- Food crops versus cash crops -- Role of women in crop protection and sustainable agriculture -- Agricultural development paths and pest management: a pragmatic view of sustainability / G. Norton -- Systems of plant protection / P.S. Teng, S. Savary and I. Revilla -- Int |