Number of documents: 154
Impact of IPM Extension for Smallholder Farmers in the Tropics
Impact assessment
2009 - Springer Science Netherlands - Jeffery W. Bentley
In recent years, IPM extension came to mean FFS (farmer field school). Most studies of FFS pilot projects suggest that IPM helps farmers to lower costs or to increase yields, although the farmers pass on little of their new knowledge to their neighbours, which limits the cost-effectiveness of FFS. Some [...]
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English
Production system:
Impact of IPM Programs in Asian Agriculture, in : Integrated Pest Management: Dissemination and Impact
Case study
2009 - Springer Science - Kevin D. Gallagher, Peter A.C. Ooi and Peter E. Kenmore
IPM Programs in Asia, including on rice, cotton and vegetables, have
been broadly based on three dimensions. First is a solid IPM science basis including ecological interaction, plant physiology and soil-plant interactions. Second is policy for IPM, especially elimination of pesticide subsidies which cause over-use of pesticides and disrupt natural enemies [...]
English
Production system: Cereals, Vegetables and Melons
Moving on: Farmer Education in Integrated Insect Pest and Disease Management. In: Integrated Pest Management: Dissemination and Impact
Case study
2009 - Springer Science - Janice Jiggins, Francesca Mancini
This chapter explores intensive hands-on occupational education for farmers in selected European, African, Latin American countries and in south India. An Indian case study of Farmer Field Schools for Integrated Pest and Production Management (IPPM) to ensure food security and livelihood improvement is presented, to introduce discussion of the role [...]
English
Production system:
Effectiveness of Farmer Field School in promoting coffee management practices - the case of Jimma and Sidama zones
Impact assessment
2009 - Rural Development and Agricultural Extension, Haramaya University - Babur Damitie Endalew
This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of the Farmer Field School approach in terms of examining farmers’ selection criteria, their profile and FFS implementation. It was also sought to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of FFS members and nonmembers regarding coffee management practices with reference to coffee [...]
English
Production system: Beverages/Spice crops
Field Guide Exercises for IPM in Cotton
Training material
2009 - FAO - IPM Hanoi -
The Field Guide is a compilation of the learning activities during TOF and FFS training. Based on a field guide originally developed for the Indonesian Rice IPM Programme, additional activities have been incorporated and some adapted for the implementation of IPM training activities in rice and vegetables under the Vietnam [...]
English
Production system:
Participatory Rapid Appraisal of Mungbean Production and Protection Practices in Cambodia
Technical background material
2009 - Cambodia National IPM Programme -
English
Production system: Legumes
Effects of Training on acquisition of Pest Management Knowledge and Skills by Small Vegetable Farmers
Impact assessment
2008 - Crop Protection - Puyun Yang, Wenxin Liu, Xunan Shan, Ping Li, Jinyu Zhou, Jianping Lu, Yahong Li
Effects of farmer field school (FFS) and the conventional (classroom lectures) training on acquisition of pest management knowledge and skills by small vegetable farmers were studied in Yunnan province, China from 2003 to 2007. There were significant gains of knowledge about vegetable pests, natural enemies, insect and disease ecology and [...]
English
Production system: Vegetables and Melons
Participatory training and curriculum development for Farmer Field Schools in Guyana and Suriname - A field guide on Integrated Pest Management and aquaculture in rice
Training material
2008 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Matthias Halwart, William Settle
English
Production system: Cereals, Aquaculture
IPM Impact Assessment Series. Guidance Document: Introduction to the “Double Delta” Approach
Impact assessment
2008 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
This Guidance Document describes the purpose, methodology and procedure of impact assessment of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) on Integrated Pest Management (IPM). It explains the methodology of econometric impact assessment studies, notably the “double delta” approach, which is also referred to as difference-in-difference. Special attention is given to the study [...]
Global -
English
Production system:
Field Guide Exercises for IPM in tomatoes (Part II)
Training material
2008 - Vietnam IPM National Programme -
Global -
English
Production system: Vegetables and Melons