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Agricultural Production in the Third World - a Challenge for Natural Pest Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

N. W. Hussey
N. W. Hussey
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21 Harsfold Road, Rustington, Sussex BN16 2QE, England
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Summary

Prevention of the enormous losses of crop production in the Third World, both before and after harvest, would make a substantial contribution to the survival and well-being of countless small fanners. Many attempts to reduce the scale of pest attacks by facilitating the purchase of pesticides and fertilizers have failed in the face of maladministration, mistrust, primitive conditions and ignorance. Yet, despite the difficulties, these fanners have evolved a pattern and practice of production which incorporates many positive attributes which have only recently been appreciated by western scientists. Attention is drawn to some of these methods and also to the benefits and limitations of both classical and manipulated biological control. It is concluded that further improvements depend on the ability of entomologists to adapt some of the concepts widely used in China to utilize scientific techniques within a socio-economic structure where even the plastic bag must be regarded as high technology.

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Research Article
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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , April 1990 , pp. 171 - 183
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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