Hermann Waibel

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The Economics of Integrated Pest Control in Irrigated Rice: A Case Study from the Philippines (Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1986)Paperback - Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1986, 17 November 2011

The Economics of Integrated Pest Control in Irrigated Rice: A Case Study from the Philippines (Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1986)
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Part of Series
Crop Protection Monographs
Print Length
196 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Springer
Date Published
17 Nov 2011
ISBN-10
3642713211
ISBN-13
9783642713217

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As a result of the green revolution, the use of yield-increasing inputs such as fer- tilizer and pesticides became a matter of course in irrigated rice farming in Southeast Asia. Pesticides were applied liberally, both as a guarantee against crop failure and as a means of fully utilizing the existing yield potential of the crops. However, since outbreaks of pests, such as the brown planthopper (BPH) or the tungro virus, continued to occur despite the application of chemicals, a change of approach began to take place. It is now being realized more and more in Southeast Asia that crop protection problems cannot be resolved solely by the application of chemicals. In the past several years, increasing efforts have there- fore been made to introduce, as a first step, supervised crop protection, leading gradually to integrated pest management (Kranz, 1982). Although the crop protection problems naturally differ in the different devel- oping countries in Southeast Asia, the economic situation prevailing in these countries can nevertheless be regarded as an important common determinant: pesticide imports use up scarce foreign currency and thus compete with other imports essential to development. For the individual rice farmer, the problem is basically the same: his cash funds are limited and he must carefully weigh whether to use them for purchas- ing pesticides, fertilizer or certified seed. In view of this constraint, it is becom- ing necessary to abandon the purely prophylactic, routine calendar spraying and instead, employ critically timed and need-based pesticide applications.

Product Details

Author:
Hermann Waibel
Book Edition:
Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1986
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
NL
Date Published:
17 November 2011
Dimensions:
24.41 x 16.99 x 1.17 cm
Genre:
Ecology
ISBN-10:
3642713211
ISBN-13:
9783642713217
Language:
English
Location:
Berlin, Heidelberg
Pages:
196
Publisher:
Weight:
353.8 gm

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