@inbook {741, title = {The ecology and management of insect pests in traditional agroecosystems}, booktitle = {Ethnobiology : implications and applications : proceedings of the First International Congress of Ethnobiology, Belém, 1988}, volume = {1}, year = {1990}, month = {1990}, pages = {131-143}, publisher = {Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi}, organization = {Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi}, chapter = {Part B; Chapter 1}, address = {Belém, Brazil}, abstract = {

An analysis of the scattered research conducted on indigenous knowledge about pest ecology and methods of pest control used in traditional agriculture suggested the following facts:

The ensemble of traditional crop protection practices used by indigenous farmers throughout the developing world represents a rich resource for modern workers seeking to create pest management systems that are well adapted to the agroecological, cultural and socioeconomic circumstances facing peasants.

}, keywords = {agroecology, ethnoentomology, indigenous pest control}, url = {https://www.worldcat.org/title/1025826490}, author = {Miguel A. Altieri}, editor = {Overal, William L and Posey, Darrell Addison} }