Table of Contents: Crop protection and sustainable agriculture.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Symposium on World Food Production by Means of Sustainable Agriculture: the Role of Crop Protection Madras, India), Centre for Research on Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development (Chennai, India), Ciba Foundation.
Other Authors:	Chadwick, Derek., Marsh, Joan.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chichester, England ; New York : Wiley, 1993.
Series:	Ciba Foundation symposium ; 177.
Subjects:	Plants, Protection of > Congresses. Sustainable agriculture > Congresses. Food supply > Congresses. Food Supply. Plants, Edible. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Agribusiness. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Sustainable Agriculture. Approvisionnement en nourriture > Congrès comme sujet. Agriculture > Congrès comme sujet. Plantes comestibles > Congrès comme sujet. Food supply. Plants, Protection of. Sustainable agriculture. Duurzame landbouw. Voedselproductie. Landbouwproducten. Bescherming. Pflanzenschutz. Biologische Landwirtschaft. Kongress. Biologischer Pflanzenschutz. Agriculture Congresses. Electronic books. Conference papers and proceedings.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction / J.C. Zadoks
Ecological background of food production / R. Rabbinge
Sustainable agriculture: an explanation of a concept / M.J. Jones
Crop protection: why and how / J.C. Zadoks
Economics of food production / M. Upton
Government intervention in crop protection in developing countries / H. Waibel
Food crops versus cash crops
Role of women in crop protection and sustainable agriculture
Agricultural development paths and pest management: a pragmatic view of sustainability / G. Norton
Systems of plant protection / P.S. Teng, S. Savary and I. Revilla
Integrated management of plant viral diseases / A. Varma
Agriculture in gloria land / M. Pal
Local view on the role of plant protection in sustainable agriculture in India / S. Jayaraj and R.J. Rabindra
Reducing pesticide use in Asia and Africa
Communication and implementation of change in crop protection / M.M. Escalada and K.L. Heong
Plant diseases in India and their control / S. Nagarajan
Sustainable agriculture and integrated pest management in China / S. Zeng
Towards the rational management of the insect pests of tropical legume crops in Asia: review and remedy / J.A. Wightman
Perspectives for crop protection in sustainable agriculture / M.S. Swaminathan
Summary / J.C. Zadoks.