Describing and measuring ethno-entomological knowledge of rice pests: Tradition and change among Asian rice farmers

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 507-517

  Price, Lisa Leimar ^a   Björnsen Gurung, Astrid ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b The Mountain Research Initiative (MRI)   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ethnobiology; Ethnoentomology; Ethnoscience; Methods; Nepal; Philippines; Rice Insect Pests

Indexed keywords

ENTOMOLOGY; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; GREEN REVOLUTION; INSECTICIDE; PEST CONTROL; PEST SPECIES; RICE;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; PHILIPPINES; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33750690150     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-006-9052-5     Document Type: Article

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