Number of documents: 154
An integrated pest management program for burrowing shrimp control in oyster aquaculture
Estudio de caso
2006 - Aquaculture - Brett R. Dumbauld, Steven Booth, Daniel Cheney, Andrew Suhrbier, Hector Beltran
In January 2001, the growers, several state agencies and other parties signed a memorandum of agreement to transition the industry towards integrated pest management. The study we report on here was associated with that effort and had four objectives: 1) Estimate observer error and quantify efficacy of the current burrowing [...]
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Production system: Acuicultura, Pesca
Impact of integrated pest management Farmer Field Schools on health, farming systems, the environment, and livelihoods of cotton growers in Southern India
Estudio de impacto
2006 - Wageningen University - Francesca Mancini
Crop productivity has increased worldwide since the late 1950s thanks to the modernisation of agriculture. However, many small-scale farming systems located in regions with limited access to resources have seen their profitability constrained by the intensification of input use. The rain-fed cotton farming sector in South and Central India provides [...]
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Impact assessment of Farmer Field Schools using a multi-period panel data model
Estudio de impacto
2006 - Association of Agricultural Economist Conference - Suwanna Praneetvatakul and Hermann Waibel
This paper presents an application of a two and three stages difference in differences model to measure environmental and economic impacts of Farmer Field School on crop and pest management practices of rice in Thailand. Panel data from 241 farm households were collected three times over a period of four [...]
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Production system: Cereales
Socio-economic impact of a cocoa integrated crop and pest management diffusion knowledge through a farmer field school approach in Southern Cameroon
Estudio de impacto
2006 - International Association of Agricultural Economists Conference - Njankoua Wandji Dieu ne dorta ; Lapbim Nkeh Juliusa ; James Jim Gockowskia and Tchouamo Isaacb
We focused on the Socio-Economic Evaluation of Farmer Field School Training on
Integrated Pest Management in the humid forest region of Cameroon. The main objective was to assess the impact of training on integrated pest management (IPM) on cocoa farmer field school graduates. The results indicate that shade management, phytosanitary harvest, [...]
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Production system: Frutas y Nueces, Estimulantes y especies
Ressource Manual on Integrated Production and Pest Management (IPPM) in Vegetables
Material de capacitación
2005 - World Education (INGO) Philippines, Inc. - World Education (INGO) Philippines, Inc.
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Production system: Verduras y melones
The Children’s Participation in Integrated Production and Pest Management (CP IPPM) program - Manual on Social Mobilization and Advocacy (SMA)
Material de capacitación
2005 - World Education (INGO) Philippines, Inc. -
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Optimising the productivity of the potato/Brassica cropping system in Central and West Java
Información sobre proyectos
2005 - Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research -
The overall purpose of this project is to assist farmers in Central and West Java to increase their returns from the potato and Brassica production system by adapting proven Australian, Indonesian and CIP technologies to conditions in Central and West Java to develop best local farming practices.
The project will:
1. [...]
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Production system: Verduras y melones, Raíces y tubérculos
Refresh Your Memory - Farmer Field Schools for IPM
Documentos claves sobre ECA
2005 - IPM Danida project - Hein Bijlmakers
An FFS guide designed as a collection of suggestions to "refresh the memory" of FFS facilitators who graduated from a season-long TOT.
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Production system: Cultivo
Do pesticide hazards to human health and beneficial insects cause or result from IPM adoption? Mixed messages from Farmer Field Schools in Nicaragua
Estudio de impacto
2005 - American Agricultural Economics Association - Ricardo A. Labarta and Scott M. Swinton
This paper analyzes the interaction between farmer training in pest management and effects on acute pesticide poisoning and populations of beneficial insects in Nicaragua. Using farm level data from Nicaraguan bean growers, including graduates of Farmer Field Schools (FFS), other integrated pest management (IPM) outreach methods, and farmers without exposure [...]
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Biofumigation: Concept note & compilation of session guides on Biofumigation
Material de capacitación
2005 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
The Biofumigation concept is being introduced to Asian vegetable smallholders under the auspices of the FAO Regional Vegetable IPM Programme Phase II. Being a relatively new ecologically, socially and economically viable option against a plethora of persistent and ever increasing soil-borne disease problems, it requires localization, experience and adoption with [...]
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