Integrated Pest Management in the Tropics
Current Status and Future Prospects
edited by Annalee N. Mengech

This book assesses the current status and future prospects for IPM. It provides a unique overview of the efforts made to develop and implement IPM for the pests of livestock and agroforestry in selected countries in the tropics (including India and China), as well as a survey of IPM strategies on a crop-by-crop basis for each continent.

Integrated Pest Management in the Tropics gives an honest appraisal of both the successes and failures of past IPM programs and provides new paradigms and directions that IPM must develop, if it is to be adopted by farmers and governments on a scale necessary to change their current reliance on chemical pesticides.

Contents

1. Practice of Integrated Pest Management in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Africa: An Overview of Two Decades (1970-1990)
   
   • Profile of African Farming
     
   • Development of IPM in Africa
     
   • Technical and Biological Components of IPM
     
   • IPM For Multiple Cropping Systems
     
   • IPM For Pearl Millet in the Sahel
     
   • Sorghum IPM
     
   • Cassava-Based IPM
     
   • Rice IPM, With Special Reference to Burkina Faso and Madagascar
     
   • Cotton-Based IPM With Special Reference to the Sudan
     
   • Coffee IPM With Special Reference to Kenya
     
   • IPM in Cocoa With Special Reference to Ghana
     
   • Other Crops Using IPM Components
     
   • Livestock IVM and Tsetse Fly Control Programs
     
   • Future Roles For IPM
     
   • IPM For Stored Products
     
   • Prospects for IPM in Africa
   
   
2. Practice of IPM in South and Southeast Asia
   
   • Current Trends, Policies and Strategies
     
   • Pesticide Usage in Asia
     
   • Status of IPM For Rice
     
   • IPM in Vegetables
     
   • IPM in Cotton
     
   • Biological Control of Sugar Cane Pests
     
   • IPM in Horticultural (Fruit) and Plantation Crops
     
   • Status of IPM in India
     
   • Status of IPM in China
     
   • Neem in Pest Control
     
   • Management of Insecticide Resistance
     
   • IPM and the Green Revolution
   
   
3. Review of IPM in South America
   
   • Agricultural Overview of South America
     
   • Trends in Pesticide Use
     
   • Institutional Aspects of IPM Development and Implementation
     
   • Impact of Regional IPM Programs
     
   • New Ongoing IPM Projects
     
   • Constraints to IPM Use in South America
   
   
4. Executive Summary and Recommendations
   
   • General Observations on the Status of IPM in the Tropics
     
   • Observations on the Status of IPM in Africa
     
   • Observations on the Status of IPM in Asia
     
   • Observations on the Status of IPM in South America

Appendices
Index

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