A comparison of two IPM training strategies in China: the importance of concepts of the rice ecosystem for sustainable insect pest management

Our study in China of two Integrated Pest Management (IPM) training programs for farmers shows that one is more effective than the other in reducing pesticide applications as well as in imparting to farmers an understanding of the rice ecosystem. The two training programs are based upon two differen...

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Published inAgriculture and human values Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 209 - 221
Main Authors Mangan, J, Mangan, M.S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.09.1998
Subjects
AGRICULTEUR
AGRICULTORES
APPLICATION RATES
CAPACITACION
CROP YIELD
DOSE D'APPLICATION
DOSIS DE APLICACION
ECOLOGIA
ECOLOGIE
ECOLOGY
ECOSISTEMA
ECOSYSTEME
ECOSYSTEMS
EFFICACITE
EFFICIENCY
EFICACIA
FARMERS
FORMATION
GESTION DE LUCHA INTEGRADA
GESTION INTEGREE ANTIRAVAGEUR
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT
KNOWLEDGE
ORYZA SATIVA
PESTICIDE
PESTICIDE REDUCTION
PESTICIDES
PLAGUICIDAS
PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS
PROGRAMS
RENDEMENT DES CULTURES
RENDIMIENTO DE CULTIVOS
SICHUAN
TRAINING
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Summary:Our study in China of two Integrated Pest Management (IPM) training programs for farmers shows that one is more effective than the other in reducing pesticide applications as well as in imparting to farmers an understanding of the rice ecosystem. The two training programs are based upon two different paradigms of IPM. This article uses a triangulated method of measuring concept attainment among farmer trainees in China as one measure of the effectiveness of training. Concepts of insect ecology brought about by training, as well as persistence of concepts one year after training, are measured. This information is compared to farmer data on pesticide applications and yields in order to determine the comparative effectiveness of two models of IPM farmer training in Sichuan Province. Results indicate that the Farmer Field School (FFS) model of training, based upon a new Ecology-Based IPM paradigm, is more effective than the 3 Pests 3 Diseases (3P3D) model based upon an older Economic Threshold IPM paradigm. Crop yield results and pesticide applications by farmers after training are also used to indicate which of these paradigms of insect pest control is more effective, hence scientifically accurate.
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ISSN:0889-048X
1572-8366
DOI:10.1023/A:1007434518330