Integrated Pest Management
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The book deals with the present state and problems of integrated pest management (IPM) as relating to stakeholder acceptance of IPM and how IPM can become a sustainable practice. The book covers the implementation of integrated pest management in USA, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Netherlands, China, India, Indonesia, Australia, Africa, and its impact in reducing pesticide use in agriculture. The book also deals with the impact of transgenic crops on pesticide use.
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1. Pesticides Applied Worldwide to Combat Pests.- 2. Integrated Pest Management, BT Crops, and Insecticide Use: The U.S. Experience.- 3. Experiences with Implementation And Adoption of Integrated Pest Management in Northeastern USA.- 4. Emerging issues in Integrated Pest Management implementation and adoption in the North Central USA.- 5. Integrated Pest Management in the Southern United States of America: Changing Technology and Infrastructure - Implications for the Future.- 6. Integrated Pest Management: Fruit Production in the Western United States.- 7. The impact of integrated pest management programs on pesticide use in California, USA.- 8. Experiences with Integrated Weed Management and pesticide use in the Canadian Prairies.- 9. Implementation and Adoption of Integrated Pest Management in Canada: Insects.- 10. The Political Economy of the Indonesian Integrated Pest Management Program during the 1989-1999 Period.- 11. Pesticide Use and Experiences with Integrated Pest Management Programs and Bt Cotton in India.- 12. Experiences with implementation and adoption of Integrated Pest Management in China.- 13. Push-Pull: A Novel IPM Strategy for the Green Revolution in Africa.- 14. Promoting Integrated Pest Management for Cotton Smallholders - the Uganda Experience.- 15. Agent-based models and Integrated Pest Management diffusion in small scale farmer communities.- 16. Pesticides and Integrated Pest Management Practice, Practicality and Policy in Australia.- 17. Integrated Pest Management policy, research and implementation: European initiatives.- 18. Experiences with implementation and adoption of Integrated Plant Protection (IPP) in Germany.- 19. Experiences with implementation and adoption of integrated pest management in Denmark.- 20. Experiences with implementation and adoption of Integrated Pest Management in Italy.- 21. Integrated Pest Management adoption in the Netherlands: experiences with pilot farm networks and stakeholder participation.- 22. Experiences with implementation and adoption of integrated pest management strategies in Sweden.