Understanding Crop Management Decisions for Sustainable Vegetable Crop Protection: A Case Study of Small Tomato Growers in Mayotte Island J. Huat, C. Aubry & T. Dore a CIRAD, UPR Hortsys, Montpellier, France b Africa Rice Center, Cotonou, Benin c INRA, UMR Sadapt, Paris, France d AgroParisTech, INRA, UMR 211, Thiverval-Grignon, France Accepted author version posted online: 24 Mar 2014.Published...

Despite the increasingly widespread use of term agroecology by farmers, scientists, agrarian social movements, and lawmakers, definition concept is still object controversies. Current interpretations range widely, from fully transdisciplinary interdisciplinary definitions integrating ecological, socioeconomic, political dimensions agriculture, to more narrow as a discipline bridging ecology agr...

Agroecology and regenerative agriculture have plenty in common: soil ecosystem restoration, reliance on biological interactions services, integration of domestic plants animals, efficient use the photosynthetic potential annual perennial combinations, amongst other principles. One aspect agroecology that does not always fit comfortably realm is political activism, or place emphasis ‘social’ dim...

Towards integrated control of varroa: effect of variation in hygienic behaviour among honey bee colonies on mite population increase and deformed wing virus incidence Hasan M Al Toufailia , Esmaeil Amiri, Luciano Scandian, Per Kryger, Francis L W Ratnieks Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, BN1 9QG, UK. Department of Agroecology, Å...