TY - CHAP T1 - The ecology and management of insect pests in traditional agroecosystems T2 - Ethnobiology : implications and applications : proceedings of the First International Congress of Ethnobiology, Belém, 1988 Y1 - 1990 A1 - Miguel A. Altieri ED - Overal, William L ED - Posey, Darrell Addison KW - agroecology KW - ethnoentomology KW - indigenous pest control AB -

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.

JF - Ethnobiology : implications and applications : proceedings of the First International Congress of Ethnobiology, Belém, 1988 PB - Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi CY - Belém, Brazil VL - 1 UR - https://www.worldcat.org/title/1025826490 ER -