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18 PF1STnCIDF MANAGEMENT AND IPM 1:,l SOUTEAST ASIA
MEASURES AGAINST TIlE BPII THREAT
The Indonesian government is very confident that IPM measures can solve
the BPH problem. Although IPM has been implemented since the early stages
of the rice intensification program, poor nest control practices are still
encountered at the farm level, some of which have resulted in the emergence of
resistance and resurgence. Because of this, an intensive campaign is now being
launched by means of the following activities in line with the Presidential
Instruction No.3 1986 (Kasmo 1986):
1. Setting Ipof operational units down to the lowest level of administrative
unit (the village) to organize BPH management.
2. Recruiting more pest observers. (There are now about 3,000 persons.)
3. Conducting 3PH surveillance throughout the threatened areas.
4. ConLducting IPM training and courses for officers and farmers supported by
the FAO Regional Program for Southeast Asia (Tatfle 5).
5. Conducting on-farm IPM demonstrations in collaboration with the FAO
Regional IPC Program for Southeast Asia (Table 6).
6. Mobilizing crop protection brigades together with the needed equipment and
suIplies.
7. Implementing a regular reporting system.
8. Utilizing all kinds of available mass media such as television, radio,
periodicals,and newspapers to familiarize farmers with the BPH problem and
how they should cope with it using the IPM concept, viz.,
- natural enemy buildup and conservation,
- improved resistant varieties,
- cropping patterns (rotation, synchronized planting), and
- wise need-based insecticide use.
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Table 5. Number of participants in IPM offi, .*rs training (FAO-DFCP), 198 5.
Province PO SEW FEW KLAA Total
North Sumatera 10 5 15 - 30
West Sumatera 6 2 22 - 30
South Sumatera 8 2 20 - 30
West Java 8 4 18 - 30
Central Java 8 7 21 - 36
D.I. Yogyakarta 7 2 18 4 31
East Java 8 2 20 - 30
Bali 6 3 21 - 30
South Kalimantan 8 2 20 - 30
South Sulawesi 7 2 21 - 30
Total 76 31 196 4 307
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apo Pest Observer, SEW Senor Extension Worker, FEW Field Extension
Worker, KLAA = Kecamatan Level Agriculture Administration.