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This book presents experiences and successful case studies of integrated pest management (IPM) from developed and developing countries and from major international centres and programmes. It contains 39 chapters by many contributors addressing themes such as: emerging issues in IPM, including biotechnology, pesticide policies and socioeconomic considerations (8 chapters).

The International Potato Center used the farmer field school (FFS) model in several of its research and development activities on potato and sweet potato integrated pest, disease and crop management as a platform for participatory research (PR) and/or farmer learning. Four approaches are roughly distinguished based on how the FFS [...]

This paper, as a part of a report from an international learning workshop, describes how farmer field schools have been adopted in the nationally designated poverty county of Huoshan, Anhui, with the support of a bilateral poverty alleviation project to meet the needs of farmers and help them to help [...]

The document presents the implementation of FFS for dairy farmers in Kenya as a response to endemic diseases, particularly tick-borne diseases (TBD).

In East Africa, FFS are being used to address several sustainable livelihood aspects with integrated production and pest management (IPPM) as the entry point. The effectiveness of the FFS as a vehicle for achieving the goals hinges on their fiscal sustainability by the communities and local governments. In this regards, [...]

Artículo que indaga sobre las ECAs en Centroamérica y el sector educativo superior.

La efectividad de las Escuelas de Campo de Agricultores depende, con frecuencia, de su sostenibilidad financiera. Este artículo echa una mirada a las diferentes innovaciones para lograr la sostenibilidad financiera de las ECAs, que fueron desarrolladas por el Proyecto Piloto Sub-Regional del África Oriental en las Escuelas de Campo de [...]

El interés por la implementación de las ECAs en el altiplano boliviano y su ejecución en la cosecha de la papa.

Desde que comenzó, en 1989, la mayoría de participantes y facilitadores del exitoso programa de Escuelas de Campo de Agricultores (ECA) para el Manejo Integrado de Plagas (MIP) han sido hombres.