Contemporary agricultural extension uses intensive face-to-face communication, especially
for teaching farmers about pest and disease management. Development scholars are …

Abstract The 1989 National Integrated Pest Management Program in Indonesia is a case of
a breakthrough in national policy to enhance the ecological balance by conserving natural …

Conventional technology transfer is based on the assumption that autonomous individuals
independently make behavioral decisions. In contrast, Actor‐Network Theory (ANT) …

The environmental consequences of climate change in agriculture have been degrading
farmers' livelihood and welfare because of their inability to cope with the unusual risks and …

The heated debate over the limited impact of integrated pest management (IPM) in Central
American agriculture suggests that we need to investigate the mechanisms of IPM …

Agricultural systems operate through the enrollment of local actors into social networks.
These social networks share common idioms and expectations concerning appropriate …

OF PONDICHERRY” submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Master of Science in Agriculture of the Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University …

Publisher Summary Arthropod pests are controlled by chemicals, cultural practices, host-
plant resistance and biological control. Eleven arthropods a year will probably be added to …

The heated debate over the limited impact of integrated pest management (IPM) in Central
American agriculture suggests that we need to investigate the mechanisms of IPM …

We introduce our programme of rainfall measurements and field observations by Indonesian
farmers in their plots and explain the rationale and background of this approach. We then …