Monthly Archives: May 2009

Ethnopathology: Local knowledge of plant health problems in Bangladesh, Uganda and Bolivia

Posted on May 20, 2009 by moni

by Jeffery W. Bentley Agricultural Anthropologist About the author Dr. Bentley is a pioneer in the use of ethnoscience to understand how farmers see “their world of pests and diseases” which determines their decisions. The concepts and tools he introduced … Continue reading →

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r – K pests of rice and ecological engineering

Posted on May 18, 2009 by moni

by K.L. Heong Insect Ecologist International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines Insect ecologist International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines Ecologists have been fascinated with the diversity of life strategies of organisms.  MacArthur and Wilson (1967) first used the … Continue reading →

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