CRPT 410
In the early _______, a nationwide rice shortage prompted the government to intensify rice production with the ________________________.
1970s ; ‘Masagana 99 Rice Program’(M-99).
The production guide recommended the calendar application of pesticides from _____________ per cropping
season. The heavy use of pesticides led to
6 to 9 times ; pest outbreak
During the M-99 program, a _______________ known as _______ was pilot tested in strategic rice
production areas in the Philippines by the _________________, state colleges and universities and the ______________ (Callo,1990)
cost reduction technology ; IPM ; International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) ; Bureau of Plant Industry Crop Production Division
The world’s premier research organization dedicated to reducing
poverty and hunger through rice science; improving the health and welfare of rice farmers and consumers; and protecting the rice-growing environment for future
generations.
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
Who issued a policy declaring IPM the core of crop protection policy (Adalla,
1986)
President Corazon Aquino
Who created the Philippine
National IPM Program (Dar, 1994).
President Fidel V. Ramos
What program established IPM as the standard approach to
crop production.
KASAKALIKASAN (Kasaganaan ng
Sakahan at Kalikasan – Prosperity of the Farm and Nature)
The program trains farmers to understand the crop–field
agroecosystem interactions that affect plant growth.
KASAKALIKASAN
The program’s ecological foundation
Conservation biological control
It is an approach, which
involves encouraging farmers to engage in experiments in their
own fields so that they can learn, adopt new technologies and
spread them to other farmers.
Farmer participatory research (FPR)
It was essential for communication as well as for initiating diffusion.
Innovation evaluation