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- This book provides a new approach to pest management that consumers will not find in other books related to the subject
- This book provides information to the consumer that makes it possible to propose pest management programs with a holistic approach
- The consumer will find in this book a detailed guide on how to implement the holistic approach to pest management
- The philosophy and methods of Holistic Pest Management have application in other fields of knowledge where threats to the welfare of human beings and their natural resources are presented
- Therefore, the book may be of interest to different consumers than those interested in pest management
Part of the book series: Sustainability in Plant and Crop Protection (SUPP, volume 15)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
About 15 years ago, we asked ourselves why the methods developed by the research institutions for the management of pests were almost not used by small landholder farmers. It seemed obvious to us that conventional pest control –called “Integrated Pest Management”– was based on a reductionist approach. In reviewing the literature on the subject, we found that our concern was not new or unique. The agreement of some authors with our ideas reinforced our efforts to find a holistic approach to pest management. We took two central ideas to develop the holistic approach: First, pest management actions must put the farmer at the center of the system. Second, pest management must consider not only both pests but the other important components of the system in question. This approach based on the farmers and the systems in which they are immersed, is called “Holistic Pest Management” or HPM. In this book, I present the philosophy and practice of HPM, a new paradigm of pest management.
Authors and Affiliations
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El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Tapachula, Mexico
Juan F. Barrera
About the author
Juan F. Barrera is a senior researcher at El Colegio de la Frontera Sur located in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico where he has been a faculty member since 1983.
His research interest is primarily in ecology, biology, behavior and pest sampling, as well as biological control and pest management in tropical crops, with an emphasis on the coffee berry borer.
He has published over 70 papers, 40 book chapters and 10 books.
He is a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences, the National System of Researchers of the National Council of Science and Technology of Mexico, and the Entomological Society of America. He was president of the Mexican Society of Biological Control.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Beyond IPM: Introduction to the Theory of Holistic Pest Management
Authors: Juan F. Barrera
Series Title: Sustainability in Plant and Crop Protection
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43370-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-43369-7Published: 08 April 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-43372-7Published: 08 April 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-43370-3Published: 07 April 2020
Series ISSN: 2567-9805
Series E-ISSN: 2567-9821
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXX, 154
Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Sciences, Agriculture, Microbiology, Zoology