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Pest Control: Cultural And Environmental Aspects

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The field of pest control research, of increasing importance in a world short of food, has been plagued for many years by a variety of problems, among them (1) the instability (including pesticide resistance) of many control techniques, (2) the continuing need for improved pest management methods to increase world food supplies, and (3) the environmental and social hazards of currently used pesticides. What historical or other factors affect the ability of science to generate useful new technologies to alleviate these three major problems? Are there barriers to cooperation among the different pest control specialists? This book attempts to answer these questions, examining past events and projecting likely impacts on contemporary pest management systems. The authors--sociologists, economists, lawyers, ecologists, political scientists, and pest control scientists--examine the social, economic, political, and ethical factors that are important in shaping pest management systems, as well as developmental patterns that show the importance of these factors in shaping today's systems.

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ISBN: 9780367282783
Publication date: 30th June 2020
Author: David, Ph.D. Pimentel, John H. Perkins
Publisher: CRC Press an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 266 pages
Genres: Agricultural science