Regulating insect resistance management: The case of non-Bt corn refuges in the US

Article Abstract:

The insect resistance management (IRM) plan put in place by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to delay the evolution of resistance to Bt corn in natural populations of the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis Hubner is analyzed. The plan forms a coherent whole and includes mandatory refuges, actions to increase growers' compliance and a program for monitoring the evolution of resistance.

United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Plant immunology, Disease resistance (Plants)

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Slecting agri-enviromental indicators to facilitate monitoring ande assessment of EU agri-enviromental measures effectiveness

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The EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has demonstrated a capacity to adapt and change in face of new challenges. A methodology for assessing the environmental state and impacts of current land use and management when implementing agri-environmental measures of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is proposed.

European Union, Agricultural policy, Environmental protection, Environmental issue, Farm management

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Implications of changing national policies on land use in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh

Article Abstract:

Role of national policies in the changing landscape and land usage in Bangladesh is analyzed.

Bangladesh, Social policy, Landscape changes, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh (Region)

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