Since its inception in the 1960s, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) has become the dominant paradigm in crop protection. Its ecological approach-involving a minimum use of pesticides-has accounted for much of its popularity, and it has been widely adopted by a range of development agencies. This...

The authors consider why the great majority of Third World countries have failed to solve the problems of underdevelopment by relying on science and technology, while a very few of them—the newly industrialized countries—have at least partially succeeded

For the purpose of this study, countries in ASEAN and South Asia are categorized as one region. The analysis in most instances will concentrate on major commodities such as cocoa, coconut oil, coffee, cotton, jute, palm oil, rice, natural rubber, tea and timber. This does not, however, preclude...

The experience of the past decade both in ASEAN and the United States has shown the power and vigour of private enterprise and market forces to spearhead economic development and to spread economic efficiency and welfare world-wide. Indeed, private enterprise can and has contributed to...