children which has already inspired similar efforts in a number of other countries.  Copies available from FAO (VHS format, with English or Thai soundtrack).

Internet sites

 ·        FAO headquarters in Rome has a wide-ranging web site. For information about IPM go to: www.fao.org/ag/agp/agpp/ipm/

 A recent FAO press release about IPM in Indonesia is at:  http://www.fao.org/NEWS/998/981104-e.htm

 ·        IPMnet is a large site run by the Consortium for International Crop Protection. It includes an archive of IPMnet News, a monthly newsletter which is  distributed by Email to those who request it. Go to: ipmwww.ncsu.edu/cicp

 ·        "Extension: Empowerment through Communication" is the name of a site run by the World Bank. It includes a number of case studies, including one about IPM Farmer Field Schools in  Indonesia written by Peter Schmidt of LBL. The web site  address is: www-esd.worldbank.org/extension/farmer.shtm

 ·        "IPMnet of China" has been established as a joint effort of a number of Institutions including the Institute of Plant Protection of the Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences.  Go to:  www.ipmchina.cn.net/

Resource Centres and Services

 ·       The ASEAN IPM Knowledge Network aims to gather, synthesize, package and distribute documents and other materials relating to IPM in ASEAN countries. The Regional Knowledge Hub is in the Philippines, at SEARCA on the campus of the University

of the Philippines in Los Banos. For more information, contact Dr. Jessie Binamira, Project Director. Email address: jsb@agri.searca.org

 ·         The Global Plant and Pest Information Service is maintained by FAO and includes an on-line database of more than 11,300 plants and 9,500 pests. In addition it is possible to search a bibliography with nearly half a million entries.  Go to this web address: pppis.fao.org/