Environment-Friendly Cotton Production through Implementing Integrated Pest Management Approach
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Environment-Friendly Cotton Production through Implementing Integrated Pest Management Approach
Tremendous increases in pesticide use in cotton growing areas have severely affected the health of peoples and degraded environment [Poswal and Williamson (1998); Ahmad and Poswal (2000); Orphal 2001 and Khan (2000)]. Farmer Field School (FFS) based IPM implemented in the world to reduce dependence on pesticides and promote environmentally safe plant protection practices. An FFS-led Integrated ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Pakistan Development Review
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0030-9729
DOI: 10.30541/v46i4iipp.1119-1135