Community-Based Rice IPM Programme
Development:
A Facilitator's Guide
(1st Edition - 1996)
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's
Inter-Country Rice Integrated Pest Management Programme for Asia
Manila, Philippines
with support from the governments of
Australia, Netherlands, and Switzerland
ii
Community Based Rice IPM Programme
Development:
A Facilitator's Guide
(1st Edition - 1996)
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's
Inter-Country Rice Integrated Pest Management Programme for Asia
Manila, Philippines
with support from the governments of
Australia, Netherlands, and Switzerland
iii
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. How to use the Facilitator's Guide ......................................... 1-1
1.1. Goals for the Guide ............................................................. 1-1
1.2. Principles of IPM ................................................................ 1-3
1.3. Basic Concepts and Assumptions ....................................... 1-6
Chapter 2. Developing Training Programs .............................................. 2-1
2.1. Overview: Steps to Developing an IPM Training Program 2-2
2.2. Core Trainer/Facilitator Training ........................................ 2-7
2.3 Season-Long Training of Trainers ...................................... 2-8
2.4. Farmer Field Schools ........................................................ 2-17
2.5. Farmer-to-Farmer Pre-Training Orientation ..................... 2-22
2.6. Farmer-to-Farmer FFS ...................................................... 2-22
2.7. Beyond Rice IPM FFS: New Curriculum Development .. 2-23
Annex 2-1: Trainer and Learner Contracts ................................ 2-25
Annex 2-2: Sample Schedule Outline Training of Trainers ...... 2-27
Annex 2-3: IPM Training Curriculum Development Matrix ..... 2-31
Chapter 3. Season-Long Field Studies ..................................................... 3-1
3.1. IPM validatio