Add to ORKGA fully revised and updated training manual on responsible and need-based pesticide use, Agro-pesticides :properties and functions in integrated crop protection, has been published by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The first edition, published in 1982 under the title Agro-pesticides: their management and application, grew out of experience gained m a regional series of training courses on the safe handling and proper use of pesticides. The different title of the new edition reflects the realization that the original concept of chemical protection was flawed. Over-use of pesticides has unacceptably affected human lives and causes considerable environmental pollution as well as enormous f...
