Number of documents: 18
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
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FAO Regional Vegetable Disease Diagnosis, Ecology, and Management Training
Impact assessment
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 [...]
English
Production system: Vegetables and Melons
Regional Workshop on Curriculum Development for Pesticide Risk Reduction
Technical background material
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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Background Reading Materials and Selected Session Guides on Roots
Technical background material
2006 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Abha Mishra and Mario Corado
English
Production system: Root/Tuber crops
Farmers' Life School manual
Training material
2004 - United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Education - Ou Chhaya, Jacques du Guerny, Richard Geeves, Masaya Kato, Lee-Nah Hsu
This manual encourages the agricultural sector, AIDS programmes and NGOs to assist farming communities in their efforts to build their resilience and reduce their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS.
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Farmer field school, farmer life school and farmers club for enriching knowledge and empowering farmers: A case study from Cambodia
Case study
2003 - United Nations University, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoti University, and Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences - Yunita T. Winarto
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Death in Small Doses: Cambodia’s Pesticides Problems and Solutions
Technical background material
2002 - Environmental Justice Foundation -
Pesticides have played a role in increasing crop yields and food security but, in contrast to modern products marketed in the developed world, many pesticides used in developing countries like Cambodia fail to meet international quality standards. Agriculture, rice production in particular, is of major importance to Cambodian food security [...]
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