Number of documents: 46
Farmers' Life School manual
Matériel de formation
2004 - United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Education - Ou Chhaya, Jacques du Guerny, Richard Geeves, Masaya Kato, Lee-Nah Hsu
This manual encourages the agricultural sector, AIDS programmes and NGOs to assist farming communities in their efforts to build their resilience and reduce their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS.
Anglais
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Did you take your poison today?
Étude de cas
2003 - IPM Danida Project - Andrew Bartlett, Hein Bijlmakers
This document presents the dangers of pesticides in the foods that are eaten daily in the context of Thailand.
Anglais
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Death in Small Doses: Cambodia’s Pesticides Problems and Solutions
Documents techniques de référence
2002 - Environmental Justice Foundation -
Pesticides have played a role in increasing crop yields and food security but, in contrast to modern products marketed in the developed world, many pesticides used in developing countries like Cambodia fail to meet international quality standards. Agriculture, rice production in particular, is of major importance to Cambodian food security [...]
Anglais
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El cultivo de la Papa en Ecuador
Matériel de formation
2002 - INIAP - Estación Experimental Santa Catalina, Centro Internacional de la Papa - Manuel Pumisacho, Stephen Sherwood
El Capítulo 4 describe las principales plagas del país y comparte experiencias sobre su manejo. Incluye una sección sobre los pesticidas más comunes, sus efectos en la salud humana y en la productividad, tanto como el manejo adecuado de los mismos.
Espagnol
Production system: Racines et tubercules
A Development Strategy to Empower Rural Farmers and Prevent HIV
Étude de cas
2002 - UNDP South East Asia HIV and Development Project - Jacques du Guerny, Lee-Nah Hsu, Sin Chhitna
In an effort to mainstream HIV resilience building in the agricultural sector, UNDP South East Asia HIV and Development Project, in collaboration with the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations and the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programme, has pioneered an experiment called the Farmer Life Schools.
Anglais
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NOLINK Farmer Empowerment through Farmer Life Schools adapted from Farmer Field School Approach
Étude de cas
2002 - Srer Khmer - Nguon Sokuthea
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Farmers' Self-Surveillance of Pesticide Poisoning: a 12-months Pilot in Northern Vietnam
Étude de cas
2002 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health - Helen H Murphy, Nguyen Phung Hoan, Patricia Matteson, Alma Linda C Morales Abubakar
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Farmer Self-Surveillance of Pesticide Poisoning Episodes
Étude de cas
2001 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Report on one month pilot that covers pesticide poisoning and proposes a self-surveillance initiative to prevent it.
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A farmer self-surveillance system of pesticide poisoning
Matériel de formation
2000 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Helen Murphy
Reliable data on the incidence of pesticide poisoning is rare in most countries. At best, it is an underestimate because the source of the surveillance data from which these figures are derived is health facilities. These figures represent only a small fraction of pesticide poisoning for a number of reasons. [...]
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Farmer' Awareness and Perceptions of the Effect of Pesticides on their Health
Étude de cas
2000 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Pan Sodavy, Mam Sitha, Robert Nugent, Helen Murphy
This paper reports the results of a pilot qualitative study in 3 vegetable growing areas of Cambodia: Kandal and Siem Riep provinces and areas around Phnom Penh. The aim of the pilot was to assess how farmers feel pesticides affect their own and their family’s health, determine what [...]
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