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Government of Nepal (GoN) has been prioritizing Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategy as the most important strategy after a sudden outbreak of Brown Plant Hopper (BPH) and heavy loss in rice production. GoN has been continuing IPM programs with the successful completion of different phases like technical cooperation, marketing and institutionalization. Awareness creation among multisectoral stakeholders is the most and major outcome through IPM program in Nepal. Plantwise, a global program led by CABI, has been working with GoN since 2013, for the improvement of plant health system. This program has also a good impact in the promotion of nonchemical strategies of pest management. Despite of having many national programs, efforts of GoN as well as different non-governmental and community based organizations; a significant progress has not been seen in the use of biological pesticides. This paper has tried to analyze the role of different stakeholders in the promotion of bio-pesticides along with other non-chemical management strategies viz. the trend of recommendations by plant doctors with the information retrieved from Plantwise Online Management System (POMS), perception of farmers as well as agro-input suppliers to the bio-pesticides, plant clinic interventions for bio-pesticides promotion, and policy review for finding reasons for less use of bio-pesticides in the field. Around 200 farmers who visited plant clinics and 50 agro-inputs suppliers from different regions were randomly selected for the survey with the developed questionaire. This paper is a preliminary review of secondary information on relevant policies, acts, regulations, etc. Major problem has been observed in agro-input suppliers among the whole cycle of biopesticide use.

APES, a modular model was developed in the SEAMLESS project (Van Ittersum et al., 2008)to assess, in different EU regions, the impact of farm management on crop production andenvironmental externalities. Such purpose assumes the capability of APES to simulatecropping systems in a wide range of climate, soil and crop management. The main topic ofthis study is to evaluate APES, under different stresses and management practices(temperature, water and nitrogen), to simulate crop production and nitrogen and waterdynamics. For this evaluation, APES was compared to the CropSyst (Stöckle et al., 2003)model (widely evaluated and used under different biophysical conditions and managementpractices). An explicit description of the limitations and specificities of each modellingapproach is related to the behaviour of each model in different situations.

"Die Green Card wird als volkswirtschaftlich sinnvolle Regelung bei aktuellem Fachkräftemangel gewertet, der mit den bisherigen Reglementierungen des Ausländerrechts nicht befriedigend lösbar war. Ein Kontingent befristeter Arbeitserlaubnisse ausländischer Fachkräfte definierter Qualifikationen stellt einen Kompromiss dar zwischen ökonomischer Wünschbarkeit und politischer Akzeptanz. Die ökonomische Analyse einer Versteigerung von Lizenzen zeigt gegenüber dem 'Windhundverfahren' erhebliche Vorteile. Die konkrete Ausgestaltung sollte folgenden Kriterien genügen: Handelbarkeit von Lizenzen; sachliche Trennung der Lizenz von dem ausländischen Arbeitnehmer; keine Kopplung der Lizenznahme an eine Verpflichtung der Unternehmen zur Ausbildung; Anwerbung auch ohne die Vermittlung der BA." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

We note that long-standing land use and transportation policy are critical factors in creating traffic conditions and will have to play a role in reducing injuries. We present the historical progression of events that created current traffic conditions in Boston Chinatown and an analysis of traffic-related injuries at the community level for the years 1996–1998. Injuries were found to be as likely on weekends as on weekdays and frequently occurred late at night. Nighttime occupant injuries were found to be more likely on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights (relative risk=2.26; confidence interval=1.35–3.78, P=.0014). Injuries varied significantly by location for occupant (P=<.001) and for pedestrian injuries (P=.039). There were no peaks of injuries at traditionally defined commuter hours, which have been the standard time for assessing "worst case" traffic impacts by developers and government agencies. There was, however, a strong association between injuries and vehicle volume at 9 intersections with simple configurations for am and pm commuter hours (R2=0.589, P=.010), resulting in a calculated increase of 3–5 injuries per year for each increase of 1,000 vehicles. There was no such association at 10 intersections with complex configurations (R2=0.104, P=.397). The 24-hour weekend patterns of vehicle volumes showed that traffic abated only between 3 and 7 am, and the patterns appeared qualitatively to mirror the 24-hour pattern of injuries, suggesting that they were also indicative of injury risk. We suggest that there is a need for both long-term changes in policy and more immediate interventions. We also conclude that researchers should be cautious about assuming that traffic patterns conform to naive expectations such as rush hour peaks.

The advancement of a nation from poverty to prosperity is not a technical process but a great transformation. At the center of this change are two driving forces - emotion, which is referred to aspiration, anxiety, and sense of responsibility; and enlightenment, which is associated with the freedom from dogmatism, open-mindedness, and the hunger for learning. It is these two factors that have determined not only the remarkable success of Asia in economic development but also the uniqueness of its growth model. This book examines the rise of Asia in the past two decades and draw lessons from it