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Crop Protection Strategies For Subsistence Farmers - Softcover

Altieri, Miguel A

 
9780367160906: Crop Protection Strategies For Subsistence Farmers
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0367160900 ISBN 13: 9780367160906
Publisher: CRC Press, 2020

Synopsis

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. .

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About the Author

Miguel A. Altieri is an associate professor and entomologist at the Division of Biological Control, University of California, Berkeley. He is also research and training adviser for the Latin American Consortium on Agroecology and Development (CLADES) based in Santiago, Chile. He teaches courses in agricultural ecology, rural development, and integrated pest management in developing countries. He also conducts international short courses in the United States and Latin America on biological control and agroecology in addition to researching methods to enhance biological control agents of pests in annual agricultural systems and orchards, and ways of improving productivity of traditional farming systems in the Third World.

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Publisher
CRC Press
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367160900
ISBN 13 
9780367160906
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
198