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)
Participatory Ecology Training: A Field Guide for IPM Training
Nanang Budiyanto, 2000
This Guide is based on field work carried out over a period of more than 5 years in Indonesia. The 18 exercises have also been used as part of IPM training courses in Cambodia, China, Bangladesh and Thailand.
The document has diagrams and tables on every page and, as a result, it takes up a lot of space. To make it easier to download it has been split into 6 pdf files.
Cover and Preface PDF file, 87 KB
Section 1 PDF file, 307 KB
Topic 1: Plant Growth, Energy and Nutrients
Topic 2: Photosythesis, Energy Flows, Nutrient Cycles
Topic 3: Plant Parts, Function, and Biomes
Topic 4: Rice Plant Compensation in relation to Growth Stages
Section 2 PDF file, 261 KB
Topic 5: Soil Structure, Organic Matter, Soil Microrganisms
Topic 6: Nutrient Source and Behaviour
Topic 7: Collecting Insects and Spiders
Topic 8: Habitat Study in Fallow Rice Field
Section 3 PDF file, 524 KB
Topic 9: Habitat Study in Rice Ecosystem
Topic 10: Insect Identification and Drawing Exercise
Topic 11: Functional Groups of Insects and Spiders in the Rice Ecosystem
Section 4 PDF file, 252 KB
Topic 12: Energy Flow in the Rice Ecosystem
Topic 13: Balanced Ecosystem Components
Topic 14: Life Cycle and Food Web
Topic 15: Predator, Plant Feeder and Parasite Behaviour
Section 5 PDF file 200 KB
Topic 16: Insect population Growth
Topic 17: Resurgence and Resistance Mechanism
Topic 18: Weather, Agronomic Practice and Effect on Disease
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)
Farmer field research: An analysis of experiences from Indonesia
Henk van den Berg, Peter A.C. Ooi, Arief L. Hakim, Hartjahjo Ariawan and Widyastama Cahyana. October 2001
Farmers who attend IPM training often become enthusiastic researchers. This FAO project report, written with the involvement of Indonesian experts now associated with The Field Alliance, provides a conceptual framework for Farmer Field Research, and examines five cases from Indonesia.
Cover (1 page, PDF file, 145 KB)
Farmer Field Research (60 pages, PDF file, 507 KB])
Chapter 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Traditional generation of knowledge
- 1.2 Modern agricultural developments
- 1.3 The need for farmer field research
- 1.4 Conceptual framework
Chapter 2. Farmer education
- 2.1 The IPM programme
- 2.2 The farmer field school
- 2.3 After the farmer field school
Chapter 3. Five cases of farmer field research
- 3.1 Case I: A farmer improving his planting method
- 3.2 Case II: A farmer training activity on field research
- 3.3 Case III: Farmers learning how to control stemborer in rice
- 3.4 Case IV: Farmers addressing multiple problems
- 3.5 Case V: Farmers adapting an ‘external technology’
Chapter 4. Analysis
- 4.1 Process of field research
- 4.2 Roles in field research
- 4.3 Impact of field research
Chapter 5. Supportive research
- 5.1 Research base
- 5.2 Responsive research
- 5.3 Development of training curricula
Chapter 6. Synthesis
- 6.1 Education
- 6.2 Ownership
- 6.3 Impetus
Annex: Guide on Facilitating Scientific Method(16 pages, PDF file, 60 KB)
Published Papers and Presentations
Rahmat Hidayat, 2000 Farmers in Indonesia: Escaping the Trap of Injustice. A paper written by a leading member of the Indonesian Association of IPM farmers. Presented at the Seminar on Corporate Farming, Yogyakarta, November 2000 [PDF file, 9 pages, 187 KB]
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