Gordon Conway (1938–2023)

On North Borneo's cocoa farms, insects were causing widespread defoliation. Gordon used this experience in his studies at the University of California, Davis: his 1969 PhD thesis in systems ecology focused on understanding insect reproduction and the implications for pest management. Together w...

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Published in:Nature (London) 2023-11, Vol.623 (7985), p.27-27
Main Author: Scoones, Ian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural ecosystems
Agriculture
Cocoa
Defoliation
Ecology
Farmers
Farms
Insects
Interdisciplinary aspects
Islamophobia
Pest control
Rural development
Sustainability
Systems ecology
Xenophobia
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Summary:On North Borneo's cocoa farms, insects were causing widespread defoliation. Gordon used this experience in his studies at the University of California, Davis: his 1969 PhD thesis in systems ecology focused on understanding insect reproduction and the implications for pest management. Together with Robert Chambers at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) of the University of Sussex in Falmer, near Brighton, UK, he pioneered research approaches in which farmers were active participants and that were rooted in his concept of agroecosystem analysis.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/d41586-023-03321-x