Title of document: Pesticide Residues and Test Kits for Food Safety Authors: Dr. Katekaew Jehso Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: Association of Krabi Muslim Women and Pathum Thani Provincial Public Health Office Year of publication: 2017 Geographic focus: Thailand Main issues / topics addressed (for example: Contaminants; Pesticides Residues in Vegetable and Fruits using MJPK Test Kit; Formalin Test Kit……) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): Summary: This presentation for Workshop on Pesticide Residues and Test Kits for Food Safety, 19 December 2017, Phnom Penh, Cambodia   Read More

Title of document: Regional Status of the Impacts from Pesticides Authors: Marut Jatiket Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: The Field Alliance, Thai Education Foundation Year of publication: 2017 Geographic focus: Thailand Main issues / topics addressed (for example: Status of pesticides used in high risk areas; Types of chemicals; Residues testing results from test kit; Impacts from OP……) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): Summary: This presentation for Workshop on Pesticide Residues and Test Kits for Food Safety, 19 December 2017, Phnom Penh, Cambodia   Read More

Title of document: Test kits for food contaminant analyses and Laboratory testing processes Authors: Dr. Surat Hongsibsong Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: Chiang Mai University Year of publication: 2017 Geographic focus: Thailand Main issues / topics addressed (for example: Food contaminants; Pesticide toxic / residues; Method for Laboratory Analysis: Vegetable and fruit samples ……) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): Summary: This presentation for Workshop on Pesticide Residues and Test Kits for Food Safety, 19 December 2017, Phnom Penh, Cambodia   Read More

Title of document: Chemical Residues in Fruits and Vegetables: Monitoring Results 2017 Authors: Miss Prokchol Ousap Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: Thai-PAN Year of publication: 2017 Geographic focus: Thailand Main issues / topics addressed (for example: Monitoring and Result Report; ……) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): Summary: This presentation for Workshop on Pesticide Residues and Test Kits for Food Safety, 19 December, Phnom Penh, Cambodia   Read More

Title of document: Country Report Status of Climate Change Adaptation and Identify Agricultural Technology in Lao PDR Authors: Ms. Sonephet PHOSALATH (MONRE), Mr. Chanseng PHONGPACHITH (MAF) Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: MONRE, MAF Year of publication: 2017 Geographic focus: Lao PDR Main issues / topics addressed (for example: Country Profile; Disasters and Climate Change; Transfer of Agricultural Technology in Lao PDR; General Exchange & Sharing……) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): Summary: The presentation of the “CAPSA-MARDI Regional Training Workshop on Transfer of Agricultural Technology with Specific Focus on "Application of ICT for Resilient Agriculture". Putrajaya, Malaysia 18th - 20th July 2017”   Read More

Title of document: Cambodia Agriculture Development Authors: Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: Kingdom of Cambodia Year of publication: 2017 Geographic focus: Cambodia Main issues / topics addressed (for example: Cambodia Agricultural Development 2016; National Perspective on Food Security and Future Agriculture in Cambodia; National Strategy for Food Security and Nutrition 2014-2018……) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): Summary: The presentation of the “Technical Workshop Distributional Effects of Disasters on Food Security in ASEAN, 17-20 July 2017, Putrajaya, Malaysia”   Read More

Title of document: Minute of the Annual Meeting 3rd Mekong Extension Learning Alliance (MELA) Report, 30th October – 1st November 2017, Cambodia Authors: HEKS/EPER Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: HEKS/EPER, GFRAS, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, MELA, MAFF Year of publication: 2017 Geographic focus: Mekong Region Main issues / topics addressed (for example: Country presentations on new policy, innovations, challenging which are concerning to agricultural extension and rural advisory service; A panel discussion on Pesticides Impacts to Health and Environment facilitated ……) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): Summary: The 3rd Annual Meeting of the Mekong Extension Learning Alliance (MELA) was held from 30 October to 1st November, 2017, at Angkor Paradise Hotel in Siem Reap, Kingdom of Cambodia. It gathered participants from every country in the Mekong region MELA brings together agricultural extension and rural advisory service providers from five countries linked by the Mekong River. The Mekong River passes through Yunnan province of China and five countries in South East Asia: Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Agricultural extension and rural advisory services in the Mekong Region have many features in common. This network was established in 2015 following discussions at the meeting held in Hanoi in 2013 on ‘Reaching the Millions’ in Hanoi. The main objectives of the MELA meeting were: to share information, knowledge, experience, and best practices in advisory services among Mekong Region countries and institutions involved in agricultural and rural development; and to provide a space for reflection, hands-on peer support and learning. This event was organised by HEKS/EPER, the General Directorate of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Cambodia MELA Coordinating Committee, with support from GFRAS and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation   Read More

Title of document: Farmer Field School for Tomato Intergraded Pest Management “A Facilitator’s Field Guide” Authors: Sri Wahyuning (LPTP), Warsito Tantowijoyo (CIP), Elske van de Fliert (FAO) Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: LPTP, CIP, FAO, World Education Year of publication: 2006 Geographic focus: South and Southeast Asia Main issues / topics addressed (for example: Potato Crop Cultivation; Pest and Disease Management; Fertilizers; Pesticides; Harvest and Post- Harvest Management……) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): Summary: 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.   Read More

Title of document: Tomato-Integrated Pest Management: An Ecological Guide Authors: FAO Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: FAO Year of publication: 2000 Geographic focus: South and South East Asia Main issues / topics addressed (for example: Major Agronomic Practices; Ecology of Insect Pests and Natural Enemies; Major tomato Insect Pests; Major Natural Enemies of Tomato Insect Pests; Disease Ecology; Major Diseases of Tomato; Weed and Rodent Management……) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): Summary: This ecological guide is developed by the FAO Inter-Country Programme for IPM in vegetables in South and Southeast Asia. It is an updated version of the Tomato IPM Ecological Guide dated June 1996. The objective of this ecological guide is to provide general technical background information on tomato production, supplemented with field experiences from the National IPM programmes connected to FAO’s Vegetable ICP, and from related organizations active in farmer participatory IPM. Reference is made to exercise protocols developed by Dr. J. Vos of CABI Bioscience (formerly IIBC/CAB International) for FAO. The exercises are described in “Vegetable IPM Exercise book”, 1998 which contains examples of practical training exercises that complement the technical background information from this guide.   Read More

Title of document: Field Guide Exercises for IPM in TOMATOES (Part II) Authors: FAO - IPM Hanoi Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: FAO, MARD Year of publication: 2008 Geographic focus: Vietnam Main issues / topics addressed (for example: Field Studies; Ecosystem Analysis Questions; Plant Development……) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): Summary: The Field Guide Exercises for IPM in Vegetables was developed through the efforts of the trainers of the Vietnam National Program, members of the National IPM Group and the FAO staff  in Hanoi with contributions from the FAO Regional Programme.  Some of the exercises were adapted from the Indonesian Field Guide for Rice IPM and the Palawija Exercises.  Some were based on activities done in the vegetable project of the Philippine National Program.   Read More