Landscape features to improve pest control in Agriculture
2016
Jeanneret, Philippe | Begg, Graham | Gosme, Marie | Alomar, Oscar | Reubens, Bert | Baudry, Jacques | Guérin, Olivier | Flamm, Clemens Walter | Wäckers, Felix | Environmental management and Biodiversity PhD 29.50 ; Agroscope | The James Hutton Institute | Fonctionnement et conduite des systèmes de culture tropicaux et méditerranéens (UMR SYSTEM) ; Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier (CIHEAM-IAMM) ; Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)-Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro) | Institute of Research and Technology, Food and Agriculture (IRTA) | Department of Crop Husbandry and Environment ; Research Institute for Agricultural, Fisheries and Food (ILVO) | SAD Paysage (SAD Paysage) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AGROCAMPUS OUEST | Chambre d'Agriculture de la Charente-Maritime (CA 17) | Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) | Agronomy, Environmental Science, Plant Protection and Animal Health ; BioBest Sustainable Crop Management
Despite wide acceptance of the importance of integrated pest management, pest control in most cropping systemsdepends on the extensive use of pesticides, with detrimental effects on environmental and human health. Theseeffects have led to many pesticides being removed from use, increasing demands for the rapid development ofalternative solutions. Biological pest control aims for control through natural enemies, which significantly reducesand even eliminates pesticide use in crops. The role of noncultivated areas in agricultural landscapes in supportingbiodiversity functions, such as the biological control by providing natural enemies with food and refuge, is onlypartially understood.Efficient implementation of biological pest control requires a wide range of knowledge and skills, not leastthose of farmers. Here we suggest the promotion of so called operational groups composed of farmers, scientists(agronomists and ecologists), extension service advisors, agribusiness representatives, and consumer associations to create objectives, strategies, and procedures to be realized at the local, regional, or national level. In this context, it is proposed that farmers will play a crucial role in providing solutions, as well as implementing, and disseminatingpractical knowledge and the concrete implementation of solutions.
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