Farmers in Vietnam experimenting with pest management concept

摘要

A new style of information campaign is encouraging rice farmers in Vietnam to experiment before adopting a technology, And for them, seeing is believing. Rice farmers, through the Rice Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Network, are being invited to experiment with the concept of "no insecticide spraying for leaf folder control during the early crop stages," says Dr. K.L. Heong, entomologist at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and Rice IPM Network coordinator.