Pest management and food production: looking to the future

In their comprehensive paper, Montague Yudelman, Annu Ratta, and David Nygaard examine the key issues with regard to pest management and food production over the coming decades. They draw attention to the lack of adequate information on the magnitude and impact of pest losses; with out such informat...

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Autores principales: Yudelman, Montague, Ratta, Annu, Nygaard, David F.
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 1998
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161241
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description In their comprehensive paper, Montague Yudelman, Annu Ratta, and David Nygaard examine the key issues with regard to pest management and food production over the coming decades. They draw attention to the lack of adequate information on the magnitude and impact of pest losses; with out such information, policy makers are handicapped when devising strategies for meeting food needs. The authors address both chemical and nonchemical approaches to pest management, high lighting the importance of biotechnology. There is growing public sentiment against biotechnology but little appreciation as yet of its contributions to alleviating hunger by, among other things, controlling pest losses. The authors also adress the important subject of the roles of different actors in pest management, most notably the private sector. A world with out pests is unrealistic and probably undesirable. However, a world with severely reduced losses of food production to pests is achievable by 2020. This paper shows us how.
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spelling CGSpace1612412025-04-08T18:31:23Z Pest management and food production: looking to the future Yudelman, Montague Ratta, Annu Nygaard, David F. food crops diseases pests pest control integrated control In their comprehensive paper, Montague Yudelman, Annu Ratta, and David Nygaard examine the key issues with regard to pest management and food production over the coming decades. They draw attention to the lack of adequate information on the magnitude and impact of pest losses; with out such information, policy makers are handicapped when devising strategies for meeting food needs. The authors address both chemical and nonchemical approaches to pest management, high lighting the importance of biotechnology. There is growing public sentiment against biotechnology but little appreciation as yet of its contributions to alleviating hunger by, among other things, controlling pest losses. The authors also adress the important subject of the roles of different actors in pest management, most notably the private sector. A world with out pests is unrealistic and probably undesirable. However, a world with severely reduced losses of food production to pests is achievable by 2020. This paper shows us how. 1998 2024-11-21T09:54:22Z 2024-11-21T09:54:22Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161241 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Yudelman, Montague; Ratta, Annu; Nygaard, David F. 1998. Pest management and food production;looking to the future. Food, agriculture, and the environment Discussion Paper; 2020 Discussion Paper 25. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161241
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Pest management and food production: looking to the future
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title_short Pest management and food production: looking to the future
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diseases
pests
pest control
integrated control
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