Number of documents: 154
Workshop on Pesticide Risk Impact Assessment
Estudio de impacto
2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
Workshop Report
Under the project “Pesticide Risk Reduction in South East Asia”, an impact
assessment workshop was held in Ho Chi Minh City from 23 to 25 July, 2007. It was
attended by 10 participants from China, Cambodia and Vietnam. The participants
included independent impact assessment leaders from the Royal University of
Agriculture in Phnom [...]
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Production system:
Regional Workshop on Curriculum Development for Pesticide Risk Reduction
Documentos técnicos de referencia
2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Ngo Tien Dung, Chou Chey Thyrith, Tim Stock, Gerd Walter-Echols, Helen Murphy and Alma Linda C. Morales-Abubakar
The workshop focused on the development of a regional conceptual
framework for curriculum development for pesticide risk reduction training. The workshop was also aimed at strengthening capacities of member countries to carry out these activities. The workshop included introductory presentations on risk reduction and the link between impact assessment and curriculum [...]
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Production system:
Resource Manual on Integrated Production, Integrated Production and Pest Management and Pest Management (IPPM) in Rice
Material de capacitación
2006 - World Education (INGO) Philippines, Inc. -
This Resource Manual on Integrated Production and Pest Management (IPPM) in Rice is part of a series of training and learning instruments developed and published by World Education (INGO) Philippines, Inc. This manual was produced to promote better understanding of the rice ecosystem as well as to teach environmentally-friendly, healthy, [...]
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Production system: Cereales
Farmer Field School for Potato Integrated Pest Management - A Facilitator’s Field Guide
Material de capacitación
2006 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Sri Wahyuning, Warsito Tantowijoyo, Elske van de Fliert
This guide is meant as a reference for IPM FFS facilitators. It describes
exercises for the farmer field school learning process relating to sustainable
potato cultivation. This learning process begins with preparing fields for planting
and goes on right up to marketing harvest produce. These experiential learning
exercises are intended to empower farmers to [...]
Inglés
Production system: Raíces y tubérculos
An Ecological Guide to Potato Integrated Crop Management
Material de capacitación
2006 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Potato Center (CIP-ESEAP Region) - Warsito Tantowijoyo (CIP) and Elske van de Fliert (FAO)
In this handbook we have tried to use language understandable to farmers,
purposely keeping material as simple but as thorough as possible. It opens with an
explanation about the principles of integrated pest management, then moves on to
technical production topics about potatoes. These cover cultivation techniques, the
ecology of pests and natural enemies, [...]
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Production system: Raíces y tubérculos
Adaptation and adoption of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Myanmar using the Farmer Field School (FFS) approach
Documentos técnicos de referencia
2006 - Cornell University. College of Agriculture and Life Science - Humayun Kabir
A PhD thesis.
Inglés
Production system: Cereales
Describing and Measuring Ethno-Entomological Knowledge of Rice Pests: Tradition and Change Among Asian Rice Farmers
Documentos técnicos de referencia
2006 - Environment, Development and Sustainability - Lisa Leimar Price, Astrid Björnsen Gurung
The paper presents a methodology that guided several ethnoentomological research projects and goes on to examine and compare the results from two independent research locations in Asia. The first location is in the Philippines, a Green Revolution area that has been heavily impacted by extension messages and insecticide use. The [...]
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Production system: Insectos
The Farmer Field School: a method for enhancing the role of rural communities in malaria control ?
Documentos técnicos de referencia
2006 - Malaria Journal - Henk van den Berg, Bart GJ Knols
Malaria has strong linkages with agriculture, and farmers in malarious regions have a central position in creating or controlling the conditions that favour disease transmission. An interdisciplinary and integrated approach is needed to involve farmers and more than one sector in control efforts. It is suggested that malaria control can [...]
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Production system:
The impact of farmer field schools on pesticide use and environment in Thailand
Estudio de impacto
2006 - Kasetsart University, University of Hanover - Suwanna Praneetvatakul, Hermann Waibel
This paper presents an application of a 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 years in five rice-producing [...]
Inglés
Production system: Cereales
Farmer Field School (FFS) Manual: Guidelines for the Implementation of a Farmer Field School (FFS)
Material de capacitación
2006 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
This manual highlights the major activities in conducting Farmer Field Schools (FFS) for IPM in watermelons and can also be used as a guide for the conduct of FFS in other crops. It is hoped that the manual will be used and shared among the FFS Facilitators as a resource [...]
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Production system: Verduras y melones, Frutas y Nueces