This publication provides information drawn from all regions to assist countries in replacing HHPs with ecosystem-based approaches to pesticide and crop management – replacing chemicals with biology. It draws together previously published and new material in a form that is accessible for policy- and decision-makers at the national and international level, as well as providing […]
This booklet shares women’s successful initiatives to revitalise local varieties and to celebrate women’s resilience and knowledge systems in food and agriculture production. It is to recognise women’s strengths, innovativeness and contributions in sustainable agricultural practices and in ensuring food security for her family and community. The stories come from the diverse experiences of women-led […]
This Training Module on Diversified and Integrated Farming System is one of the seven training modules produced by SIBAT on Sustainable Agriculture or SA. This material promotes SA through DIFS or Diversified and Integrated Farming Systems, explains the concepts and instructs its process in detail, and thus is also a useful reference for students and […]
This Module provides a reference for the farmer and the community to systematically conduct farm appraisal and planning within the framework of Sustainable Agriculture. This contains introductions to principles, guides in the conduct of appraisal and planning and tools and how to use them for data gathering, analysis and planning and blank sheets to document […]
This module is designed for urban and rural household producers. This provides a comprehensive guide and reference – for farmer-producers and trainors — on the many aspects of organic home gardening.
A study on women workers from selected plantations in the country revealed certain critical issues that need urgent attention. The study comprised a questionnaire survey, blood sampling for plasma pseudo cholinesterase enzyme and self-health monitoring cards ori which respondents recorded their daily symptoms of pesticide exposure. This ensured the participation of women in the monitoring […]
This training manual is a compilation of various methods that farmer innovators and extension workers use to address essential components of sustainable agriculture from the selection of seeds, soil conservation, fertility management as well as particular crop husbandry.
This training manual is a product of the exchange of knowledge and experiences of farmers in non-chemical vegetable cultivation from the countries of Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand. These exchange are chronicled in this manual in the hope of promoting chemical-free vegetable cultivation.
Victims Without Voice portrays women pesticide sprayers in the Malaysian plantations. They are the victims without a voice – victims of the society’s indifference, and focus of this book, pesticide poisonings. This book attempts to document the hazards of pesticide use in Malaysian plantation. The book examines briefly why women are particularly vulnerable to pesticide […]
