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Integrated Pest Management of Western Corn
Rootworm (WCR) in Central and Eastern Europe FAO
Project GTFS/RER/017/ITA
Farmer Fiels Schools (FFS) in Bosnia and
Herzegovina DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING THROUGH
INVOLVMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF AGRICULTURE
Mr. Nedzad Karic Faculty of Agriculture
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURES
STATE BH


Republic of Srpska (RS Entity)
Federation of BH (FBH Entity)
District Brcko
10 Cantons within The Federation

63 Municipalities within RS
80 Municipalities within Cantons
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STATE LEVEL

• Ministry of Economic Relationship and Foreign
  Trade
• Responsibilities for Agriculture through
  Agricultural division, 2-3 people

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ENTITY LEVEL

• Two Entity Ministries of Agriculture, Water
  Management and Forestry

cca 49.000 km2
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DISTRICT BRCKO

• Department of Agriculture, Water Management and
  Forestry
• Inspection Department (Public Security Unit)

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CANTON LEVEL

• 6 Ministries of Agriculture, Forestry and Water
  Management
• 4 Agricultural divisions within Ministries of
  Economy

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MUNICIPALITY LEVEL

• Agriculture and Veterinary Inspection (80)
• Extension service (30)

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AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN BH General Characteristic

• 12 of GDP from agricultural sector
• 18 of population lives from agriculture
• In rural areas mostly of the population has to
  live from agriculture (up to 90)

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AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN BH- General Characteristic

• The proportion of unused land is high (50 of
  arable land in FBH, 30 in RS) Agricultural
  production and the living conditions in rural
  areas are still suffering from the damage of the
  war, characterized by a slow recovery process

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AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN BH- General Characteristic

• Productivity is very low and livestock numbers
  reduced
• The large majority of farm holdings are very
  small (2-3 ha) and their land dispersed into 6-8
  plots on average

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AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN BH- General Characteristic

• Former state farms are mostly not any more
  working or in a difficult, often not finalized
  privatization process
• Poor statistical base inadequate and
  uncoordinated data, poor cadastral and ownership
  data

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GENERAL PROBLEMS

• 4 levels of administration and very poor
  coordination between all levels
• Low efficiency and fragmentation of
  administrative and supervising services
• Lack of harmonization and implementation of
  legislation
• Policy planning, coordination and monitoring,
  drafting of legislation, EU
• Harmonization and direct support of farmers are
  understaffed or not staffed at all

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Cca.600
Protest of producers in front of Parliment
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Recommended structure staffing of the State
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
(MoARD)
2 Public Relations Officer1 Personal
Assistant1 Techn. ecretary
Internal Audit 6
Minister
sectors
departments
Executives Agencies
Deputy Minister
General Secretary
General Administration Assistant 17
EU Integration SectorAss. Minister Assistant
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International Agric. Trade SectorAss. Minister
Assistant 12
Animal Plant Health and Food Safety SectorAss.
Minister Assistant 16
Policies Strategies Co-ordination SectorAss.
Minister Assistant 12
Organisation, Personnel,Translation, IT services
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EU-Association and Accession Co-ord. 6
Foreign Trade Agreements 4
Harmonisation of Standards
4
BiH Agriculture Strategy Development
4
Legal services 5
EU Reporting Information 4
WTO other Internat. Agreements
4
Animal Health Food Safety
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BiH Rural Development Land Use Co-ord.
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Budget, Accounting
4
Paying Agency Development 6
Foreign Investm. support Donor co-ordination
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Plant Health
4
Statistics Market Information Co-ord. 4
State Plant Health Agency 54 incl. Border
Inspectors
State Veterinary Office 62 incl. Border
Inspectors
BiH Paying Agency35
State Food Safety Agency 30
Development 2005 2010 ? Staff MoARD 30 -
95 ? Staff executive agencies 102 181 ?
Costs MoARD 1,6 3,5 Mil KM ? Costs State
Executive Agencies 5,3 7,9 Mil KM
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A State Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development- Key functions

• Harmonisation with EU Common Agriculture Policies
  and EU standards focal point for the EU
• Agricultural trade and negotiations
• Supervision of regulatory functions on State
  level (mainly in the field of veterinary, plant
  health and food safety) including border
  inspections
• Development coordination of BH policies and
  strategies for the agriculture sector
• Coordination monitoring of policy strategy
  implementation
• Drafting of State level legislation

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AGRICULTURAL ZONES WITHIN THE COUNTRY

• Intensive cereals and animal production in the
  northern and eastern part
• Extensive sheep and cattle production in the
  central and western part
• Intensive production of Mediterranean cultures
  and horticulture production in the southern part
  of the country

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RURAL FINANCING IN BH

• Commercial banks (repayment period 3-7 years,
  interest rate 8-14)
• International financing/development institutions
• (WB, EBRD, USAID, IFAD, repayment period up to
  7 years, interest rate up to 8)
• NGOs and MCOs (repayment period 3 years, interest
  rate 8-20)
• Governmental initiatives (entities, cantons,
  municipalities)

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GOVERNMENT PRIRORITIES IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

• Establishment of the institutions at the state
  level
• Better coordination between present institutions
  at all levels
• Making of the strategy
• Law and regulations
• EU integration

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CORN PRODUCTION IN BH

• North and eastern part (cca. 200.000 ha)
• Grainsillage production 7030
• 30 monoculture

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WCR Data

• 1996 first apperance
• 1997 first official apperance
• Infested area cca. 20.000 km2
• 90 of corn area infested
• Economic population on 1.000 ha
• Damage caused by larve 100 ha in 2004
• No economic damage caused by adult

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WCR Monitoring

• 1996 four monitoring sites (pheromone) in RS,
  leaded by prof. Camprag from Novi Sad
• 1997-2002 cca. 70 monitoring sites (Pheromone
  Multiguard/Pherocone AM) in FBH, leaded by prof.
  Festic from Sarajevo
• 1998-- cca. 50 monitoring sites (pheromone) in
  RS leaded by dr Baca from Belgrade
• 2003-- Monitoring of spreading (30 monitoring
  sites/pheromone) and checking of population
  density (30 monitoring sites/pherocon)

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WCR Management

• Monitoring, initiated by institution from Serbia
  (RS) and FAO (FBH),
• 1996-2000 farmers education through lecturers,
  usually in winter time
• 2000-2003 more intensive education/training of
  the farmers oriented to work in the field,
• 2003--- implementation of FAO Project
  GTFS/RER/017/ITA,
• No chemical treatment

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FARMER FIELD SCHOOLS (FFS) 2003

• 4 Farmer Field Schools
• 4 Facilitators
• 3 ToT
• 54 farmers
• Positive results and experiences
• Noted some problems and troubles

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FARMER FIELD SCHOOLS (FFS) 2004

• 46 Farmer Field Schools
• 12 Facilitators
• 3 ToT, 2 exchange meetings
• 130 farmers

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FARMER FIELD SCHOOLS (FFS) 2004

• Involving of SSA in the Project

Hungary, three schools
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OBJECTIVES

• Developing of training of farmers
• Involving of staffs from Secondary Agricultural
  Schools and improving their knowledge about IPM
• Initiating of changes in educational method and
  curriculum in secondary schools of agriculture
  (formal to non-formal, new curriculum)
• Involving of pupils in the IPM program as future
  farmers, students, researches
• Better link with rural community

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EXPANSION OF THE ACTIVITIES in 2005

• 2005 six schools in Bosnia, three in Hungary, one
  in Serbia and one SFS in Croatia

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OBJECTIVES 2005

• Apply and develop IPM methods trough agric.
  secondary schools program,
• Raise IPM concern and understanding by students,
• Raise students understanding on socio-economic
  issues in agriculture
• Strengthen IPM networks involving local schools
  and rural communities,
• Generate new ideas and approaches with younger
  generation,
• Improve adult education through agricultural
  secondary schools,
• Create future core group of facilitators
• Educate potential facilitators for IPM
  implementation

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EXPANSION OF THE ACTIVITIES in 2006

• 2006 eight in Bosnia, five in Hungary and one
  school (six groups) in Serbia

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OBJECTIVES 2006

• Increasing of number of participating SAS or
  forming more groups in the same SAS.
• Development of the curriculum in SAS.
• Initialisation of local networks through SFS
  activities
• Consolidation of school curriculum supplements at
  regional level (or for countries involved in SFS
  activities)
• Creation of unique SFS methodology, together with
  analysis and manual
• Linkage of SFS at regional level (regional SFS
  network)
• Involvement of pupils in ToT and their
  preparation for possible facilitators in the
  future.

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OBJECTIVES 2006

• Providing more information (or sources) to
  facilitators, teachers and pupils in order to
  improve activities.
• Increasing the quality of the training of teacher
  facilitators to help them to make the program
  more participatory,
• Create future core group of facilitators
• Strengthens IPM network
• Generate new ideas and approaches with younger
  population
• Increase regional capacity and benefit from of
  regional cooperation at this level

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RESULTS

• Established eight Student Field Schools (SFS)
  with 140 participants
• Involving of over 350 farmers in IPM program
• Initiating of similar activities in other
  countries in the region
• Opened discussions about curriculum and model of
  education in SSA
• Made model for moving IPM activities in one other
  directions (fruit, vegetables)
• Manual for SFS
• Link within institutions

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PLAN FOR THE FUTURE

• Continuation
• Expansion
• Linkage
• Sustainability
• Modality

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Thank you for the attention