Number of documents: 63
Assessing the Impact of Farmer Field School participation on IPPM adoption in Uganda
Impact assessment
2010 - Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education (AIAEE) - J. Mark Erbaugh, Joseph Donnermeyer, Magdalene Amujal, Michael Kidoido
The Integrated Pest Management Collaborative Research Support Program (IPM CRSP) has been implementing IPM farmer field schools (FFS) with small scale farmers in Eastern Uganda since 2001. This study assesses the impact of cowpea-specific IPM FFS on IPM knowledge and the theoretical link between increased knowledge on the adoption of [...]
English
Production system: Legumes
Reducing the incidence of acute pesticide poisoning by educating farmers on Intergrated Pest Management in South India
Case study
2009 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health - FRANCESCA MANCINI, JANICE L. S. JIGGINS, MICHAEL O’MALLEY
Sixty-five farmers reported on pesticide use and the signs and symptoms of acute pesticide poisoning when using two different plant protection strategies: in 2003 using chemical controls and in 2004 using an approach
to Integrated Pest Management (IPM) based on an ecological analysis of the field conditions. Exposure to organophosphates was [...]
English
Production system:
Participatory Rapid Appraisal of Mungbean Production and Protection Practices in Cambodia
Technical background material
2009 - Cambodia National IPM Programme -
English
Production system: Legumes
The Happy IPM Farmer
Case study
2008 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
English
Production system:
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:
Evaluating Cotton Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Farmer Field School Outcomes using the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach in India
Key documents on FFS
2007 - Cambridge University Press - Francesca Mancini, Ariena van Bruggen and Janice Jiggins
English
Production system: Crops
Cultural Encounters: Learning from Cross-Disciplinary Science and Development Practice over Ecosystem Health
Technical background material
2007 - Development in Practice - Stephen Sherwood, Donald Cole, Charles Crissman
Overcoming challenges to ecosystem health calls for breaking down disciplinary and professional barriers. Through reflection on a research and development project to address pesticide-related concerns in northern Ecuador, this article presents challenges encountered and accommodations made, ranging from staff recruitment, through baseline assessments and community education activities, to mobilising for [...]
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
Weaver ants help farmers to capture organic markets
Impact assessment
2007 - Pesticides News - Paul Van Mele and Jean-François Vayssières
Weaver ants are predatory insects which kill key pests of many tree crops effectively decreasing the need to use pesticides. Paul Van Mele and Jean-François Vayssières describe how these fascinating insects have been husbanded effectively in Asia to manage pests of citrus and cashew. Their use has recently been extended [...]
English
Production system: Fruits and Nuts, Insects
Environment-friendly cotton production through implementing Integrated Pest Management approach
Impact assessment
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 [...]
English
Production system: Crops, Others