Farmer Field School for Tomato Intergraded Pest Management A Facilitator’s Field Guide

This guide is meant as a reference for IPM FFS facilitators. It describes exercises for the farmer field school learning process relating to sustainable potato cultivation. This learning process begins with preparing fields for planting and goes on right up to marketing harvest produce. These experiential learning exercises are intended to empower farmers to become agroecosystem managers through enhancing both their understanding of technical aspects of potato IPM and their decision making and experimental skills. This field guide with learning exercises is closely linked to the potato ecological production guide All about Potatoes: A Handbook to the Ecology and Integrated Management of Potato €. Elaborations on the technical content of the learning exercises in this guide can be found in the respective chapters of the ecological production guide. Potato IPM FFS facilitators should master the contents of both guides.

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Title Farmer Field School for Tomato Intergraded Pest Management A Facilitator’s Field Guide
Description This guide is meant as a reference for IPM FFS facilitators. It describes exercises for the farmer field school learning process relating to sustainable potato cultivation. This learning process begins with preparing fields for planting and goes on right up to marketing harvest produce. These experiential learning exercises are intended to empower farmers to become agroecosystem managers through enhancing both their understanding of technical aspects of potato IPM and their decision making and experimental skills. This field guide with learning exercises is closely linked to the potato ecological production guide All about Potatoes: A Handbook to the Ecology and Integrated Management of Potato €. Elaborations on the technical content of the learning exercises in this guide can be found in the respective chapters of the ecological production guide. Potato IPM FFS facilitators should master the contents of both guides.
Agroecology Category
  • Input reduction and recycling
  • Seed management
  • Soil health
  • Economy and income
  • Nutrition and diets
  • Natural resources governance
  • Water management
Agroecology Keyword
  • Compost
  • Plant health
  • Disease resistance
  • Crop rotation
  • Nematode
  • Soil fertility
  • Soil health
  • Income
  • Nutrient
  • Land management
  • Irrigation system
  • Water management
Contributing organisations LPTP, CIP, FAO, World Education
Author Sri Wahyuning (LPTP), Warsito Tantowijoyo (CIP), Elske van de Fliert (FAO)
Year 2006
Type of document Guideline
Language English
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Country Asia
Administrative Level 1
Administrative Level 2
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