Insect Pest Problems and Control Strategies Appropriate to Small-scale Corn Farmers in Ecuador
Title | Insect Pest Problems and Control Strategies Appropriate to Small-scale Corn Farmers in Ecuador PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Charles Evans |
Publisher | INIAP Archivo Historico |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1988 |
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Agriculture and the Environment
Title | Agriculture and the Environment PDF eBook |
Author | C.A. Edwards |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 2012-12-02 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 0444596879 |
Until the 1980s, global increases in food production exceeded the concomitant growth of human populations. However, progressively agriculture is becoming unable to meet the world-wide per capita needs for food. Unless there is major international cooperation in addressing the problems associated with population control, it is predicted that the global human population will reach more than 14 billion by the year 2050, with provision of adequate food, fuel and space for such an increased population unachievable.These problems are accentuated by factors such as world-wide reductions in soil fertility, the accelerating degradation of land that is suitable for food production through soil erosion, the world-wide trend for migration of human populations from rural habitats to cities and extremely rapid rates of global deforestation.Possible solutions to global sustainability in agriculture and natural resources must involve an integration of ecological, sociological, cultural, and economic considerations, as well as mandated international and national policies. This publication outlines these problems and attempts to seek solutions.
Crop Protection Strategies For Subsistence Farmers
Title | Crop Protection Strategies For Subsistence Farmers PDF eBook |
Author | Miguel A Altieri |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 189 |
Release | 2019-03-13 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0429723075 |
Top-down approaches to pest management, relying on agrochemical inputs that can be scarce, expensive, ecologically toxic, or inaccessible, have repeatedly failed to solve pest problems that affect small farmers in developing countries. Crop Protection Strategies for Subsistence Farmers offers an alternative. Drawing on examples from Latin Am
Agroecology
Title | Agroecology PDF eBook |
Author | Miguel A Altieri |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2018-02-19 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0429975090 |
This book incorporates new insights and concepts in the hope of helping guide agricultural students, researchers, and practitioners to a deeper understanding of the ecology of agricultural systems that will open the doors to new management options with the objectives of sustainable agriculture.
Ethnobiology
Title | Ethnobiology PDF eBook |
Author | Darrell Addison Posey |
Publisher | |
Pages | 382 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Animals and civilization |
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These proceedings include contributions on the following topics: ethnobiology in theory and practice; ethnozoology; botanical resources; natural resource management; ethnopharmacology; ethnomedicine and popular curing
Commencement Ceremony
Title | Commencement Ceremony PDF eBook |
Author | University of California, Davis. Graduate Division |
Publisher | |
Pages | 88 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Commencement ceremonies |
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Edible Insects
Title | Edible Insects PDF eBook |
Author | Arnold van Huis |
Publisher | Bright Sparks |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Conservation of natural resources |
ISBN | 9789251075951 |
Edible insects have always been a part of human diets, but in some societies there remains a degree of disdain and disgust for their consumption. Although the majority of consumed insects are gathered in forest habitats, mass-rearing systems are being developed in many countries. Insects offer a significant opportunity to merge traditional knowledge and modern science to improve human food security worldwide. This publication describes the contribution of insects to food security and examines future prospects for raising insects at a commercial scale to improve food and feed production, diversify diets, and support livelihoods in both developing and developed countries. It shows the many traditional and potential new uses of insects for direct human consumption and the opportunities for and constraints to farming them for food and feed. It examines the body of research on issues such as insect nutrition and food safety, the use of insects as animal feed, and the processing and preservation of insects and their products. It highlights the need to develop a regulatory framework to govern the use of insects for food security. And it presents case studies and examples from around the world. Edible insects are a promising alternative to the conventional production of meat, either for direct human consumption or for indirect use as feedstock. To fully realise this potential, much work needs to be done by a wide range of stakeholders. This publication will boost awareness of the many valuable roles that insects play in sustaining nature and human life, and it will stimulate debate on the expansion of the use of insects as food and feed.