@article {638, title = {Potential of the neem tree (Azadirachta indica) for pest control and rural development}, journal = {Economic Botany}, volume = {40}, year = {1986}, month = {April-June 1986}, pages = {201-209}, abstract = {The neem tree (Azadirachta indica) contains promising pest-control substances found effective against many economically important pests. These materials are easy to process by village-level industries and easy to use by limited-resource farmers, thereby offering potential for crop protection and off-farm income generation. The tree{\textquoteright}s numerous pharmacological and other complementary uses make it doubly attractive for incorporation in large-scale rural development efforts. (author)}, keywords = {insects, medicinal plants, pest management}, doi = {10.1007/BF02859144}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/4254854}, author = {Saleem Ahmed and Michael Grainge} } @article {541, title = {Developing sustainable agroecosystems}, journal = {BioScience}, volume = {33}, year = {1983}, month = {January 1983}, pages = {45-49}, abstract = {Yields in modern agricultural systems are sustained by investing costly external resources of uncertain future availability and with technologies that have prompted ecosystemic degradation. The ecological and socioeconomic aspects of developing alternative, self-sustained, energy efficient, less resource-intensive agroecosystems are analyzed. (author)}, keywords = {agronomy, biodiversity, ecosystem, energy use, food production, insects, land use, local knowledge, pest management, plant diseases, soils, sustainable agriculture, weeds}, doi = {10.2307/1309244}, url = {http://bioscience.oxfordjournals.org/content/33/1/45}, author = {Miguel A. Altieri and Deborah K. Letourneau and James R. Davis} }