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Year level: Upper secondary
- Learning outcomes
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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
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Write a media report
(newspaper article or radio interview) describing how IPM and Farmers Field Schools
contribute to food security.
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