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Strengthening Farmers’ IPM in Pesticide-Intensive Areas

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One of the activities of the project is to encourage the farmers to produce more "pesticide safe" product of vegetable and fruit for marketing. When Mr. Nis Peter Nissen, Director of the Green Information Center Denmark, visited Thailand in march 2002, he discussed how the Green Information Center provides information to the public and he analyzed together with a number of Thai stakeholders how this can be done in Thailand. He emphasized that Thailand should have network for dissemination of information on the hazards of synthetic chemical and available alternatives and how to change the behavior of consumers to be interested in "pesticide safe" vegetables and fruits.

The project organized a two-day workshop (29-30 July 2002) to help establish a network for effectiveness disseminations of information to the consumers. This workshop on Consumer Awareness involved a group of public relation, technical officers, Food and drug Administration officers, Division of Food officers, Department of Medical of Sciences Ministry of Public Health and Lemon Farm cooperatives and private section. The workshop participants formulated a number of recommendations which will be followed up by the project.