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The
results of the field experiments helped participants to increase their
understanding of IPM principles. One of the experiments that yielded
important results was the study on the impact of insecticide use on plant
hopper populations. The results of the study showed that pesticides can
cause resurgence of plant hoppers. In the study, there were two plots.
The first plot was treated with an insecticide that had the active
ingredient Trizophos. This plot received insecticide applications four
times a week starting two weeks after transplanting. The second plot
received no insecticide applications. At 9 weeks after transplanting
the insecticide treated plot displayed heavy hopper burn caused by white
back plant hopper. In the unsprayed plot, the population of white back plant
hopper was negligible.
“One
of the things that I learned was the importance of communicating clearly.
I also had a chance to experience a culture that was very different than my
own. I found that to enhance communication I needed to become very
close to the other trainers. I did this by spending as much time with
them as possible both in the field and at night after the end of the day’s
work.”
Engkus
Kuswara
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4.
Workshop on Curriculum
Development
of Season Long IPM Training In India
From
August 20 to September 25, 1999, Mr. Ngapio, an A-Team trainer, and Dr.
John Pontius, an FAO consultant, participated in three curriculum
development workshops season-long TOT’s in chilies, cotton, and rice in
Tamil Naduh, Andrah Pradesh, and West Bengal respectively. Mr. Ngapio’s
role was to provide technical input regarding training activities related
to the three commodities and Dr. Pontius was asked to focus on training
activities related to the development of Community IPM. Besides
enhancing the various curricula, this activity led to a strengthening of
the network among IPM trainers in India.
“I
thought that this was going to be one of the most difficult tasks I have
ever been given. Trying to help experienced trainers enhance their
TOT activities without insulting them or embarrassing myself was my goal.
I found that by being with the Indian trainers in the field or in the
workshop and focusing on technical issues related to training increased my
credibility with them and helped me to know what they needed. We had
many activities that we introduced to the various curricula. The
Indian IPM trainers were very hungry for new ideas. In the end the task
was far easier than I thought it would be.”
Ngapio
5.
An A-Team Consultancy for a
Season-long TOT in Rice IPM, Laos
Simon
H Tambunan, an A-Team trainer from the FAO-IPM Regional Office in Jakarta,
was in Laos, from 18 April to 2 May 1999, to assist a season-long TOT in
rice IPM. The task he was given was to make input into training on Community
IPM, follow-up activities, and the use of folk media (dance, theater, etc.)
in IPM.
Community
IPM. The discussion about Community IPM issues began with a
video that showed FFS alumni brainstorming about what would be the ideal
situation in their community after several years of conducting IPM
activities. Following that, the participants were asked to discuss “What
is Community IPM” by explored three components of Community IPM, that is,
farmers learning, experimenting, and organizing.
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