Selected Resources

Documents available from FAO

 ·        "Community IPM: Six Cases from Indonesia".  These cases, prepared by IPM trainers, describe the development of local IPM programmes in different parts of Indonesia. These programmes include participatory planning, farmer-to-farmer training, farmer-managed field studies, group development and networking. (Available in  English and Indonesian). 1998

·        "Vegetable IPM Exercises" compiled for FAO by Janny Vos of CABI Bioscience.  These 3 volumes include details of dozens of training exercises, field studies and experiments. 1998

·        “A Book by Farmers” in which Vietnamese rice farmers describe their experiences in attending an IPM Field School. (Available in English and Vietnamese). 1996

·        "Integrated Pest Management in Cambodia". An introductory brochure in which describes the policy, history, activities and organisation of the National IPM Programme in Cambodia. (Available in English and Khmer). 1998

·        "Farmer Participation in IPM Action Research". A paper by Peter Ooi, presented at the International Conference on IPM, held in Guangzhou, June 1998.

·        "Challenges to Implementing Vegetable IPM in SouthEast Asia". Also by Peter Ooi, presented at the International Horticulture Congress in Brussells, August 1998.

·        et.al., presented at the 6^th Australasian Applied Entomological Research Conference, Brisbane, September 1998.

Books and Reports

·        "Extension of Complex Issues: Success Factors in IPM" by Peter Schmidt et al.  Includes cases from Indonesia, Pakistan and Thailand. Available from LBL, the Swiss Centre for Agriculture Extension, 1997. Email for more details: eza@lbl.agri.ch

·        "Facilitating Sustainable Agriculture: Participatory Learning and Adaptive Management in Times of Environmental Uncertainty", edited by Niels Roling and Annemarie Wagemakers. Includes a chapter on "Transforming extension for sustainable agriculture: the case of IPM in rice in Indonesia". Published by the Cambridge Uni. Press, 1998. ISBN 0-521-58174-5

·        "Cultivating Diversity: Agrobiodiversity and Food Security" written by Lori Ann Thrupp and published by the World Resources Institute, 1998. IPM is one of the 'best practices' which are described in this book; examples include the NOPEST project in Bangladesh. Details at the WRI web site: www.wri.org/wri/

·        "Pest Management of Rice Farmers in Asia" edited by K.L. Heong and M.M. Escalada. A set of papers describing pest management practices in 10 Asian countries. Published by the International Rice Research Institute, 1997. ISBN 971-22-0102-3

Video

 ·         "School IPM in Thailand" is a 15 minute video by World Education Asia which shows innovative IPM activities with Thai school