Integrated Weed Management Systems: An Appropriate Technology for Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean

Puran Bridgemohan and Lennox E.A. Daisley

No 265464, 21st West Indies Agricultural Economics Conference, July 14th-18th, 1992, San Igancio, Belize from Caribbean Agro-Economic Society

Abstract: Weeds are serious pest in crop production in the Caribbean accounting for a major portion of the capital and labour cost. Control has been characterized by heavy inputs and mis-use of herbicides in a fragile ecosystem. This paper attempts to examine the use of Integrated Weed Management (IWM) as an agroecosystem approach for the management and control of three noxious weeds - corn grass (Rottboella cochinchinensis), white-top (Parthenium hysterophous), and nut grass (Cyperus rotundas), as an appropriate control strategy within the context of sustainable agriculture in the Caribbean.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.265464

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