1. Pesticide use and the environment / Jules Pretty, Rachel Hine -- 2. The health impacts of pesticides : what do we know? / Misa Kishi -- 3. Paying the price : the full cost of pesticides / Jules Pretty, Hermann Waibel -- 4. Corporations and pesticides / Barbara Dinham -- 5. Overview of agrobiologicals and alternatives to synthetic pesticides / David Dent -- 6. Farmer decision-making for ecological pest management / Catrin Meir, Stephanie Williamson -- 7. The human and social dimensions of pest management for agricultural sustainability / Niels Röling -- 8. Ecological basis for low-toxicity integrated pest management (IPM) in rice and vegetables / Kevin Gallagher ... [et al.] -- 9. Towards zero-pesticide use in tropical agroecosytems / Hans R. Herren, Fritz Schulthess, Markus Knapp -- 10. From pesticides to people : improving ecosystem health in the Northern Andes / Steve Sherwood ... [et al.] -- 11. Breaking the barriers to IPM in Africa : evidence from Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana and Senegal / Stephanie Williamson -- 12. Towards safe cocoa pest management in West Africa / Janny G.M. Vos, Sam L.J. Page -- 13. Agroecological approaches to pest management in the US / Carol Shennan, Tara Pisani Gareau, J. Robert Sirrine -- 14. Towards safe pest management in industrialized agricultural systems / Stephanie Williamson, David Buffin -- 15. Policies and trends / Harry van der Wulp, Jules Pretty.