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Biological control and agricultural modernization: Towards resolution of some contradictions

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  • Miguel Altieri
  • Peter Rosset
  • Clara Nicholls

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An emergent contradiction in the contemporary development of biological control is that of the prevalence of the substitution of periodic releases of natural enemies for chemical insecticides and the dominance of biotechnologically developed transgenic crops. Input substitution leaves in place the monoculture nature of agroecosystems, which in itself is a key factor in encouraging pest problems. Biotechnology, now under corporate control, creates more dependency and can potentially lead to Bt resistance, thus excluding from the market a key biopesticide. Approaches for putting back biological control into the hands of farmers (from artesanal biotechnology for grassroots biopesticide production Cuban style to farmer-to-farmer IPM networks, etc.) have been developed as a way to create a farmer centered approach to biological control Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1997

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  • Miguel Altieri & Peter Rosset & Clara Nicholls, 1997. "Biological control and agricultural modernization: Towards resolution of some contradictions," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 14(3), pages 303-310, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:agrhuv:v:14:y:1997:i:3:p:303-310
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1007499401616
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    1. Peter Rosset, 1997. "Cuba: Ethics, biological control, and crisis," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 14(3), pages 291-302, September.
    2. Alison Power, 1999. "Linking Ecological Sustainability and World Food Needs," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 1(3), pages 185-196, September.
    3. Patrick Baur, 2020. "When farmers are pulled in too many directions: comparing institutional drivers of food safety and environmental sustainability in California agriculture," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 37(4), pages 1175-1194, December.

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