8.
Season-long Rice TOT in Thailand
Thailand
has long been known for the quality of its rice among South East Asian
countries. Thailand has been a major player in the international rice
market. However, Thai farmers still used high levels pesticides and
herbicides.
This
training activity was an unusual collaboration. Usually regional IPM
activities are a collaboration with ministries of agriculture. In this
case, the collaboration was with the Department of Non-formal Education of
the Government of Thailand. Training participants were from Non-formal
Education and the trainers were from World Education. The two A-Team
Trainers, Pajarningsih and Syamsu Hari Susilo, provided technical as well as
training support. Specific activities of the A-Team trainers included
curriculum development, facilitation of specific activities, and process
evaluation.
“Many
of the participants had some experience in agriculture as they came from
rural areas. What they found new and interesting were activities on
facilitation topics and how to conduct a FFS.”
Paraningsah
