4 Editorial
6 Pest management: The art of mimicking nature
Mans Lanting
8 Ecological pest management for emerging pest problems
Bikramjit Sinha, Randhir Singha and Dhrupad Choudhury
10 Traditional ecological management of late blight in potato
Shantanu Kumar, Uma Sah and P.H. Singh
11 The theory of trophobiosis in pest and disease control
Maria José Guazzelli, Laércio Meirelles, Ricardo Barreto, André Gonçalves, Cristiano Motter and Luis Carlos Rupp
13 Silent services of ‘winged beauties’ in agriculture
C.K. Vishnudas
15 Rats: An ecologically-based approach for managing a global problem
Steven R. Belmain
17 Our experiences with modified Farmer Field Schools in dryland areas
Arun Balamatti and Rajendra Hegde
19 Changing the strategies of Farmer Field Schools in Bangladesh
Hein Bijlmakers and Muhammad Ashraful Islam
22 Learning eco-friendly ways of managing pests
Anitha Pailoor
24 Integrated pest control for empowering women farmers
Hery Christanto
26 Ecofriendly practices assist in controlling coconut mite
A. Vakeesan and G. Mikunthan
27 Keeping the brown plant hopper at bay with SRI
K. Rajukkannu, P. Ramadass and J. Jecitha
28 Farmer innovation for managing pests
Anandkumar .S and Ancy .R.J
29 Traditional plant protection management practices of Rajasthan
Arun Kumar
30 Farmer’s diary: Ecological pest management
Madhu Ramakrishnan
31 Traditional methods in cattle health management
Gangadhara Nayak
32 Multiple strategies on an organic farm in the Netherlands
Hans Peter Reinders
35 The Narayana Reddy Column Eco friendly practices and cost effective pest management
36 Sources
38 Networking
39 Books
40 ‘LEISA Enthusiasts’ Meet – Building possible ‘Alliances’