Contribution of PROMIPAC Zamorano to Integrated Pest Management in Central America

Abstract

The Integrated Pest Management Program in Central America (PROMIPAC) implemented by the Pan-American Agricultural School and funded by the Swiss Agency for Cooperation and Development, was conducted from 1995 to 2012 in Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador. The objective of the program was to contribute to agricultural development in the region through the promotion of Integrated Pest Management (IPM). The program strengthened the extension, education and research capabilities of 80 partner institutions, including government, non-governmental, educational and private agencies. The program generated technical information which included dozens of documents, such as manuals, booklets, books, videos and thesis. PROMIPAC pioneered the implementation of the Farmer Field School methodology, having done 425 in vegetables and grains. The program technicians trained 2,860 extension agents, 1,830 promoters, 729 teachers and 2,382 students. The technicians trained 37,167 farmers that adopted more than 40 IPM technologies, which resulted in a US $ 300 per person increase in estimated annual income.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5377/ceiba.v52i1.1037