Number of documents: 559
Environment-friendly cotton production through implementing Integrated Pest Management approach
Étude d'impact
2007 - The Pakistan Development Review - Muhammad Azeem Khan, M. Iqbal, and Iftikhar Ahmad
Tremendous increases in pesticide use in cotton growing areas have severely
affected the health of peoples and degraded environment. Farmer Field School (FFS) based IPM implemented in the world to reduce dependence on pesticides and promote environmentally safe plant protection practices. An FFS-led Integrated Pest Management (IMP) model implemented in Pakistan [...]
Anglais
Production system: Culture, Autres
Report of the International Workshop on Environmental Impact Quotient (EIQ)
Plaidoyer et politiques publiques
2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
The Environmental Impact Quotient, EIQ, is one of numerous pesticide risk indicator models developed to rate potential hazardous impacts on human health and the environment of different pesticide use regimes. The EIQ takes into account toxicity information on the inherent potential of the active ingredient as well as actual application [...]
Anglais
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Fertile ground? Soil fertility management and the African smallholder
Documents techniques de référence
2007 - Wageningen University - Michael Misiko
The focus in this thesis is to form a view of how well soil fertility research performs
within the ever shifting smallholder contexts. This study examined application of agroecological knowledge for soil fertility management by smallholder farmers, with the view
to enhancing the utility of research among resource-deprived farmers of western Kenya. [...]
Anglais
Production system:
Thailand DoAE - FAO vegetables IPM. Regional Training on Biological Control.
Autres
2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Areepan Upanisakorn, Damien Cupitt, Lim Guan Soon,Tattanakorn Moekchantuk
The Regional Training on Biological Control (RTBC), co-organized by Thailand DoAE and the FAO Vegetable IPM Programme, was held in Khon Kaen from 9-20 July 2007. Twenty six participants from nine countries (Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam) participated.The activities included (i) country presentations, (ii) [...]
Anglais
Production system: Légumes et melons
Practice makes perfect - participatory innovation in soil fertility management to improve rural livelihoods in East Africa
Documents techniques de référence
2007 - Wageningen University - Andre de Jager
This article focuses on the context of the Millenium development goals (MDG) and improving and maintaining soil fertility in Africa.
Anglais
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FAO Regional Vegetable Disease Diagnosis, Ecology, and Management Training
Étude d'impact
2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Marilyn Patricio, Vale Justo, Tattanakorn Moekchantuk, Lowell Black, Prabhat Kumar, Chou Chey Thyrith and Damien Cupitt
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a multifaceted, ecologically-based strategy that relies on close observation and monitoring of a crop before making management decisions. IPM combines a number of techniques to effectively suppress plant diseases and insect pests in an economically and environmentally conscious manner. Utilizing IPM to manage plant diseases [...]
Anglais
Production system: Légumes et melons
Reducing pesticide exposure and associated neurotoxic burden in an Ecuadorian small farm population
Étude d'impact
2007 - International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health - Cole, D.C., S. Sherwood, M. Paredes, L. Helena Sanin, C. Crissman, P. Espinosa and F. Munoz
The contribution of community-based interventions, including farmer field schools (FFSs) in integrated pest management (IPM), to reducing pesticide exposures and associated neurotoxic burden among smallfarm families in Ecuador was assessed in three Andean farming communities in a co-design of targeted action–research. Baseline questionnaire surveys elicited pesticide-related knowledge, practices, and exposure [...]
Anglais
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Workshop on Pesticide Risk Impact Assessment
Étude d'impact
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 [...]
Anglais
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Regional institutionalization and scaling-up of farmer study group (FSG) activities - workshop report
Documents techniques de référence
2007 - STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP - George Onyango
Anglais
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Regional Workshop on Curriculum Development for Pesticide Risk Reduction
Documents techniques de référence
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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