Crop Protection Strategies For Subsistence Farmers

Miguel A. Altieri is an associate professor and entomologist at the Division of Biological Control, University of California, Berkeley. He is also research and training adviser for the Latin American Consortium on Agroecology and Development (CLADES) based in Santiago, Chile. He teaches courses in agricultural ecology, rural development, and integrated pest management in developing countries. He also conducts international short courses in the United States and Latin America on biological control and agroecology in addition to researching methods to enhance biological control agents of pests in annual agricultural systems and orchards, and ways of improving productivity of traditional farming systems in the Third World.

• Preface -- Designing and Improving Pest Management Systems for Subsistence Farmers -- Steps Toward an Alternate and Safe Pest Management System for Small Farmers in the Philippines -- A Farming Systems Approach to Insect Pest Management for Upland and Lowland Rice Farmers in Tropical Asia -- Implementation of IPM for Small-Scale Cassava Farmers -- Effects of Cassava Intercropping and Varietal Mixtures on Herbivore Load, Plant Growth, and Yields: Applications for Small Farmers in Latin America -- Human Interactions in Classical Biological Control of Cassava and Mango Mealybugs on Subsistence Farms in Tropical Africa