The pesticide detox
Subtitle: towards a more sustainable agriculture
By: edited by Jules Pretty.
Contributors: Pretty, Jules N.
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; Sterling, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
Subjects: Agricultural pests -- Biological control; Pesticides -- Environmental aspects; Organic farming
Description: "The Pesticide Detox explores the potential for the phasing-out of hazardous pesticides and the phasing-in of cost effective alternatives already available on the market. This book makes clear that it is time to start the pesticide detox and to move towards a more sustainable agriculture."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [238]-283) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Pesticide use and the environment / Jules Pretty, Rachel Hine; title: 2. The health impacts of pesticides : what do we know? / Misa Kishi; title: 3. Paying the price : the full cost of pesticides / Jules Pretty, Hermann Waibel; title: 4. Corporations and pesticides / Barbara Dinham; title: 5. Overview of agrobiologicals and alternatives to synthetic pesticides / David Dent; title: 6. Farmer decision-making for ecological pest management / Catrin Meir, Stephanie Williamson; title: 7. The human and social dimensions of pest management for agricultural sustainability / Niels Röling; title: 8. Ecological basis for low-toxicity integrated pest management (IPM) in rice and vegetables / Kevin Gallagher ... [et al.]; title: 9. Towards zero-pesticide use in tropical agroecosytems / Hans R. Herren, Fritz Schulthess, Markus Knapp; title: 10. From pesticides to people : improving ecosystem health in the Northern Andes / Steve Sherwood ... [et al.]; title: 11. Breaking the barriers to IPM in Africa : evidence from Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana and Senegal / Stephanie Williamson; title: 12. Towards safe cocoa pest management in West Africa / Janny G.M. Vos, Sam L.J. Page; title: 13. Agroecological approaches to pest management in the US / Carol Shennan, Tara Pisani Gareau, J. Robert Sirrine; title: 14. Towards safe pest management in industrialized agricultural systems / Stephanie Williamson, David Buffin; title: 15. Policies and trends / Harry van der Wulp, Jules Pretty.