Training Guides
Participatory Ecology Training: Field Guide for IPM Training. A fully illustrated guide by Nanang Budiyanto covering 18 topics (6 PDF files, 38 pages, 1.6 Mb)
- Health Effects of Pesticide Use: Methods for Conducting Community Studies with Farmers and Children. The latest version of a manual written by Helen Murphy who has developed these training and action research activities in collaboration with IPM trainers including those now working with The Field Alliance (PDF file, 30 pages, 1.1 MB)
A Manual to Facilitate Participatory Planning Activity Details of 10 planning exercises which can be used with farmer groups as part of an IPM training programme (DOC file, 22 pages, 200 KB)
Activity Reports
- The Empowerment… of Farmer Life Schools. The report of a project in Cambodia in which IPM farmer trainers facilitated Human Ecosystem Analysis (HESA). Written by Nguon Sokuthea, Srer Khmer, 2002 [DOC file, 1.5 MB]
- Picturing Impact: Participatory Evaluation of Community IPM in Three West Java Villages. A study carried out by farmers who took photographs to examine the impact of IPM on poverty in their villages; facilitated and documented by FIELD Indonesia.[DOC files, 69pages, 2.0 MB]
- The IPM Training Program under the Department of Non Formal Education. This report includes useful annexes describing the curriculum for both Training of Trainers and Farmer Field Schools. Written by Thai Education Foundation [PDF file, 17 pages, 742 KB]
- Farmer field research: An analysis of experiences from Indonesia. An examination of five case studies each involving research carried out by Indonesia farmers, plus guidelines for facilitating scientific method. [3 PDF files, 77 pages, 712 KB]