Number of documents: 88
IPM Impact Assessment Series. Use of Environmental Impact Quotient in IPM Programmes in Asia (Review)
Impact assessment
2008 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Gerd Walter-Echols, Harry van der Wulp
Need for Pesticide Risk Assessment and Risk Assessment in IPM Programmes
English
Production system:
IPM Impact Assessment Series. Guidance Document num. 2: Guidance on the Use of Environmental Impact Quotient in IPM Impact Assessment
Impact assessment
2008 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
There is an increasing demand on IPM projects to examine their economic, environmental, health and social impacts, including their achievements in reducing pesticide related risks. The Environmental Impact Quotient (EIQ) is one of the tools that is being used to measure achievements in pesticide risk reduction. It was developed in [...]
English
Production system:
Appraisal of Methods to Evaluate Farmer Field Schools
Impact assessment
2008 - Development in Practice - Francesca Mancini and Janice Jiggins
The need to increase agricultural sustainability has induced the government of India to promote the adoption of integrated pest management (IPM). An evaluation of cotton-based conventional and IPM farming systems was conducted in India (2002–2004). The farmers managing the IPM farms had participated in discovery-based ecological training, namely Farmer Field [...]
English
Production system:
Investing in farmers—the impacts of Farmer Field Schools in relation to Integrated Pest Management - A reply
Impact assessment
2007 - Wageningen University - Henk Van Den Berg and Janice Jiggins
Public policy in developing countries has failed to invest in educating farmers on how to deal with variable agro-ecosystems and a changing world. Here we present an assessment of a participatory training approach in changing crop protection by farmers from chemically dependent, to more sustainable practices in line with the [...]
Global -
English
Production system:
Farmer field schools in Thailand: history, economics and policy
Case study
2007 - Pesticide Policy Project - Suwanna Praneetvatakul, Hermann Waibel, Lakchai Meenakanit
This document is a book of recompiled analysis that rely in the same data collected over a period of over four years in five pilot projects on the rise FFS in Thailand. It presents a blend of analytical procedures covering various aspects of impact.
English
Production system: Cereals
Getting started! Running a Junior Farmer field and Life school
Training material
2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
Global -
English
Production system:
Practice makes perfect - participatory innovation in soil fertility management to improve rural livelihoods in East Africa
Technical background material
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.
English
Production system:
Workshop on Pesticide Risk Impact Assessment
Impact assessment
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 [...]
English
Production system:
Outline of Principles of Impact Evaluation - International Workshop on Impact Evaluation for Development
Technical background material
2006 - OECD -
The short article reviews the principles of doing impact evaluations.
Global -
English
Production system:
Documentation: an effective tool in Farmer Field Schools (FFS)
Case study
2006 - LEISA Magazine - Eefje den Belder, Martín García and Don Jansen
This document examines the benefits of planning a FFS with peruvian small coffee producers.
English
Production system: Beverages/Spice crops