Integrated Pest Management in the Global Arena

by Karim M Maredia, David Mota-Sanchez, Dona Dakouo

Overview

This book presents experiences and successful case studies of integrated pest management (IPM) from developed and developing countries and from major international centers and programs. In nearly forty chapters, the following themes are addressed: Emerging issues in IPM, such as biotechnology, pesticide policies, socio-economic considerations; country experiences from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand; Regional and international experiences, including FAO, the World Bank, and CGIAR System-wide IPM Program.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780851996523
Publisher:	CABI
Publication date:	09/29/2003
Series:	Cabi Series
Pages:	560
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.75(h) x (d)

Editorial Reviews

"Wide-ranging discussions, useful and up-to-date bibliographies and accounts of 'hands on' experiences all contribute to make this the users 'bible'."

Pest Managent Science

"It provides up-to-date information for all those involved in crop protection, especially entomologists."

Plant Pathology

"The book will a very useful reference book for readers to get better acquainted with the development of IPM in different areas of the world."

Crop Protection

"This formidable book is the result of 'monumental efforts' on the part of the three editors and their support team. They have produced a four-part, comprehensive, wide-ranging exposition of the complex and burgeoning integrated pest management approach to sustainable agriculture world-wide."

Pest Management Science

"The strength of the book lies in the twenty chapters on national IPM experiences, from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and Australasia."

Pesticide News

"This well-referenced book, which includes websites, presents a rationale for all practitioners of IPM to continue improving their profession."

Choice

"The book is well edited and easy to read. It is an informative appraisal of the current status of IPM internationally. A number of the chapters would serve as valuable reading assignments for undergraduate and graduate courses in IPM and international agriculture."

The Quarterly Review of Biology

"This formidable book is the result of 'monumental efforts' on the part of the three editors and their support team. They have produced a four-part, comprehensive, wide-ranging exposition of the complex and burgeoning integrated pest management approach to sustainable agriculture world-wide."

"It provides up-to-date information for all those involved in crop protection, especially entomologists."

"Wide-ranging discussions, useful and up-to-date bibliographies and accounts of 'hands on' experiences all contribute to make this the users 'bible'."

"This well-referenced book, which includes websites, presents a rationale for all practitioners of IPM to continue improving their profession."

"The strength of the book lies in the twenty chapters on national IPM experiences, from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and Australasia."

"The book will a very useful reference book for readers to get better acquainted with the development of IPM in different areas of the world."

"The book is well edited and easy to read. It is an informative appraisal of the current status of IPM internationally. A number of the chapters would serve as valuable reading assignments for undergraduate and graduate courses in IPM and international agriculture."

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