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Ten years of IPM training in Asia. From farmer field school to community IPM

Year of publication 2002

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 106

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series title RAP Publication

Series number 1020-6221|1014-2789|18194591|0428-9560

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) A comprehensive account of integrated pest management (IPM) as a farmer-centred and local need-responsive approach, which was developed on the rice farms of Southeast Asia to tackle the dangers of excessive pesticide use. The FAO programme owes it success to the pioneering farmer field school (FFS) approach that was first tried with Indonesian paddy farmers in early 1990 and has since become the model for farmer education in Asia. More than 2 million rice farmers in Asia have taken part in over 75 000 farmer field schools between 1990 and 1999, boosting their yields and incomes, cutting down the use of chemical pest killers and improving the ecological health of their fields. Above all, it has given them greater control over their livelihoods and greater confidence to face new challenges. This publication includes step-by-step instructions on organizing and running farmer field schools along with detailed case studies of farmer field schools in Southeast Asia. A separate section outlin es the IPM programme activities in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam.

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