Integrated Pest Management in Indonesia

Year level: Upper secondary Learning outcomes Students explore the benefits of the Integrated Pest Management approach Brainstorm your ideas about pest damage on food production. Discuss What are the environmental affects of using pesticides? What can be done to protect crops from pest damage without harming the environment? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using pesticides? Review what you know about the environment, diet and food production in Indonesia. Use an atlas and other reference materials to locate the main rice growing areas in Indonesia. Look at the topography and rainfall patterns of these areas. Suggest reasons for the location of the main rice growing areas. Read the case study Integrated Pest Management in Indonesia Define the following terms: pesticides sustainable agriculture ecology Write a report about Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for the local farmers' newsletter. Describe the benefits of the program and provide examples of how it has improved the lives of rice farmers and their families and communities. Use the following links to find out more about IPM. Describe any features that might be specific to the communities or countries featured. Integrated Pest Management http://www.science.org.au/nova/041/041sit.htm An easy-to-read overview of integrated pest management from Nova Topics with some Australian examples. Some rice with that? http://abc.net.au/science/slab/rice/story.htm Australian journalist Lynne Malcolm tells a story about attending a 'rice school' in the Philippines. Use the overview page to click directly to the relevant parts of the story, such as Farming Without Poisons and Managing Pests. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) http://www.fao.org/ag/agp/agpp/IPM/ An overview of integrated pest management, its spread globally and the programs operated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Evaluate Farmers Field Schools (FFS), How would they lead to permanent change? Assessment task Write a media report (newspaper article or radio interview) describing how IPM and Farmers Field Schools contribute to food security.