Social and ecological facets of pest management in Honduran subsistence agriculture: Implications for IPM extension and natural resource management

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 297-311

  Wyckhuys, Kris A G ^a   O'Neil, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JORGE TADEO LOZANO   (Colombia)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecology; Biological control; Social ecological systems; Sustainable agriculture; Technological change

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AGROECOLOGY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ARABLE LAND; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP PEST; CROP PRODUCTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; INSECT; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MAIZE; NATURAL ENEMY; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SMALLHOLDER; SPIDER; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

HONDURAS;

ARANEAE; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77952238028     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-009-9195-2     Document Type: Article

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