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Strengthening Farmers’ IPM in Pesticide-Intensive Areas

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ILEIA is a Centre for Information on Low External Input Sustainable Agriculture

ILEIA started in 1984 in response to a concern that mainstream agricultural development - particularly the green revolution - was bypassing the small and marginal farmers in the South, eroding their livelihoods, affecting the environment adversely and leading to widespread losses of agro-biodiversity. ILEIA started to identify promising technologies involving no or only marginal external inputs, but building on local knowledge and traditional technologies, where these still existed, and the involvement of the farmers themselves in development. Information about these technologies was exchanged mainly through the ILEIA Newsletter, which is called LEISA. LEISA is the abbreviation of 'Low External Input Sustainable Agriculture'. Four times per year it provides accessible, comprehensive and easy-to-read information on LEISA, including many articles that directly relate to IPM.

The cost of the newsletter is 25 USD, but local organizations and individuals in the South can receive LEISA for free upon request.
To learn more about ILEIA or to subscribe to the LEISA newsletter, visit the ILEIA Internet site at: http://www.ileia.org