Integrated pest management in Mexico.

Mota-Sánchez, David; Gonzales, F. Santos; Alvarado-Rodriguez, Benito; Díaz-Gómez, Ovidio; Mojica, Hiram Bravo; Martínez, García; Bujanos, R.

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“…In Sinaloa, among other states, tomatoes are grown in monocultures on vast extensions of land and in 2003 occupied 50,000 hectares in that state. Since 2000, IPM has been used on the broccoli and cauliflower fields of Guanajuato and Querétaro (Mela-Sánchez et al 2003: 275, 278). IPM is also common in Mexico for all types of fruit and vegetables exported abroad, primarily to the United States and Canada.…”

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Hegemony, Quasi-Counterhegemony, and Counterhegemony in Pesticide Use in Latin America With Special Reference to Mexico

Wilson¹

2023

Review of Radical Political Economics

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In the center of the corporate agricultural regime is the pesticide-industrial complex which is part of the current hegemonic order in the reproduction of capitalism. There are quasi-counterhegemonic movements, however, in the form of Integrated Pest Management and a fully counterhegemonic trend in the form of agroecology. Not only does agroecology as a science and practice eschew the use of pesticides in favor of biological controls developed by Latin American peasants over hundreds of years, but it has become a national and transnational movement led by La Vía Campesina (The Peasant Way) and agroecology has also become institutionalized on both of those levels. I consider cases from Latin America, with an emphasis on Mexico. JEL Classification: Q1, Q16, Q18, Q19

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Section: Quasi-counterhegemonic Approaches To Pests: Integrated Pest ...mentioning

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Hegemony, Quasi-Counterhegemony, and Counterhegemony in Pesticide Use in Latin America With Special Reference to Mexico

Wilson¹

2023

Review of Radical Political Economics

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“…Mexico has a long history of proactive pest management, and more recently, IPM has become even more important as trade regulations that have begun to restrict the amounts of pesticide residue or insects that may be present on produce exported to the USA and Canada [26]. In order to maintain the extensive trade in fresh fruits and vegetables, these commodities must comply with strict regulations that are difficult to meet with conventional pest control methods, being IPM, in most of the cases, the only viable option for growers intending to export their products [26]. Several IPM programs have been successfully developed in Mexico.…”

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“…IPM of fruit flies [Ceratitis capitata]: according to Mota-Sánchez et al [26], success of IPM of fruit flies relies on the following crucial steps: a. Early detection and identification.…”

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Implementation and Adoption of Integrated Pest Management Approaches in Latin America: Challenges and Potential

Colmenárez¹,

Vásquez²,

Corniani³

et al. 2016

Integrated Pest Management (IPM): Environmentally Sound Pest Management

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Latin American countries present diverse agricultural systems, ranging from the subsistence agriculture in common property lands to large highly mechanized estates that produce crops for export. Despite this diversity, the adoption of integrated pest management (IPM) is commonly based on reducing the negative effect of pesticides on consumer health and on the environment. In most of Latin American countries, the agricultural sector is characterized by poor infrastructure in research and extension systems, a public sector with limited human resources that limits the dissemination of information and provides inappropriate credit and subsidy schemes, all of these have influenced negatively on the possibility of the success of IPM programs. Thus, some innovative alternatives have emerged from concerning public and private initiatives. In this regard, the Plantwise approach, as a framework for action, is to strengthen the capacity of agricultural institutions and organizations to establish more effective and sustainable national plant health systems. Plantwise is an innovative global program led by the Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI), which aims to contribute to increased food security, alleviated poverty, and improved livelihoods by enabling male and female farmers around the world to lose less, produce more, and improve the quality of their crops. Strengthening plant health systems removes barriers to make accessible to farmers sustainable approaches for pest control. In this chapter, we include some historical review of IPM concepts, strategies, and some experiences in application of IPM in Latin America. Also we discuss the potential and challenges for implementation and adoption of IPM practices and the ways how Plantwise has engaged with the key partners in the different countries where the program is being implemented, promoting the implementation of IPM approaches in order to improve agriculture systems, mainly those from subsistence agriculture, in Latin America.

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“…The effectiveness of biological control and IPM practices has been the subject of multiple studies targeted at native and exotic pests (11,90), including lepidopteran pests (Heliothis/Helicoverpa spp., Spodoptera spp., Plutella xylostella, Pectinophora gossypiella), homopteran pests (Bemisia tabaci, Planococcus ficus), and a number of coleopteran pests such as the boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis grandis), Mexican bean beetle (Epilachna varivestis), whitegrubs (Phyllophaga spp. ), and weevil pests of avocado (Copturus aguacatae, Conotrachelus aguacatae, Heilipus lauri ).…”

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“…Farmers and extension workers will need to become involved in education and training programs that are appropriate to their experiences and understanding of crop-pest relationships. Experience with a small but growing number of pests indicates that such packages can be highly effective if developed and implemented with farmer participation (7,90).…”

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Biological Pest Control in Mexico

Williams

Arredondo-Bernal

Rodr

2013

Annu. Rev. Entomol.

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Mexico is a megadiverse country that forms part of the Mesoamerican biological corridor that connects North and South America. Mexico's biogeographical situation places it at risk from invasive exotic insect pests that enter from the United States, Central America, or the Caribbean. In this review we analyze the factors that contributed to some highly successful past programs involving classical biological control and/or the sterile insect technique (SIT). The present situation is then examined with reference to biological control, including SIT programs, targeted at seven major pests, with varying degrees of success. Finally, we analyze the current threats facing Mexico's agriculture industry from invasive pests that have recently entered the country or are about to do so. We conclude that despite a number of shortcomings, Mexico is better set to develop biological control-based pest control programs, particularly on an area-wide basis, than many other Latin American countries are. Classical and augmentative biological control and SIT-based programs are likely to provide effective and sustainable options for control of native and exotic pests, particularly when integrated into technology packages that meet farmers' needs across the great diversity of production systems in Mexico.

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Integrated pest management in Mexico.

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Hegemony, Quasi-Counterhegemony, and Counterhegemony in Pesticide Use in Latin America With Special Reference to Mexico

Hegemony, Quasi-Counterhegemony, and Counterhegemony in Pesticide Use in Latin America With Special Reference to Mexico

Implementation and Adoption of Integrated Pest Management Approaches in Latin America: Challenges and Potential

Biological Pest Control in Mexico

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