Resource Manual on Integrated Production and Pest ... - julitoaligaen

FOREWORD
Vegetables are a rich and inexpensive source of vitamins and nutrients. Filipinos are
major consumers of vegetables, and vegetable gardens are commonly found in the
backyards of many Filipino households. Vegetable production is very popular in the
Philippines. In fact, the Philippines is considered as the second largest vegetable producer
in Southeast Asia including Australia. However, high vegetable production costs, for
example of commercial fertilizers and pesticides as well as the unsustainable practices
such as monocropping, make vegetable growing unnecessarily expensive and pose a great
danger to our health and the environment.
This <strong>Resource</strong> <strong>Manual</strong> on growing vegetables using Integrated Production and Pest
Management (IPPM) methods is part of a series of training and learning instruments
developed and published by World Education (INGO) Philippines, Inc. This manual was
produced to promote better understanding of the vegetable ecosystem as well as to teach
the healthy and economical production practices for a particular vegetable crop.
The manual is a compilation of information on vegetable production that will facilitate
growing vegetables using IPPM methods. The topics included here complement a set of
learning competencies identified for IPPM in vegetable growing. The contents were put
together from different sources and were carefully tailored to suit IPPM facilitators.
This was developed primarily as a reference for IPPM facilitators and is intended as
supplementary material to facilitate and stimulate learning in a Field School.
The development and publication of this manual was made possible through the support
given by the Royal Netherlands Embassy and the Philippines Department of Education
(DepEd).
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