Pest management information

The National IPM Program has IPM trainers in 63 provinces and cities. In 2009-2010, with the supports from FAO, Norway, Oxfam Quebec, Oxfam America, Oxfam…, 4 IPM courses for training of trainers were conducted for 120 trainers of 22 provinces, and 2,333 farmer field schools (FFS) for 87,800 farmers. In the IPM training curriculum, field studies on variety selection, fertilizer and pesticide application… were carried out. The IPM also promoted the application of VietGAP and the market access for farmers’ products.