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Acknowledgements
The work was supported by the Rice IPM Network coordinated by IRRI and
financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). We are
grateful to many persons who have assisted in this project. In particular, we thank
Madam Tran Thi Sua, the Vice Chairperson of the Peoples’ Committee of Long
An province, the former Vice Minister of Agriculture of Viet Nam, Mr Le van
The, Mr Nguyen Son Nam, Director of Agriculture in Long An province and
Madam Do Thi Ngoc and Mr Tran Huu Khuong, the former and present Direc-
tors of Plant Protection Department in Long An Province, who provided support
and additional resources; Madam Tran Thi Mai Phuong, the Vice Director of the
Plant Protection Department in Long An province, Mr Nguyen Chi Thien, Chief
of Plant Protection Station in Tan Tru District, Mr Nguyen Van Vu, Chief of Plant
Protection Station in Tan Thanh District, who helped organize the surveys; the
students who served as enumerators and the farmers in the project sites who had
responded to our questions. In addition, we thank Ms Amor Lazaro, for her assist-
ance in processing the huge data sets; Mr Pham Minh Sang, who assisted in the
translation, Ms Carolyn Dedolph and Ms Hermie Rapusas, who helped in the
material design workshop.
Appendix
Radio drama script used in the broadcasts in Long An
province
Scene: Early one morning in the rice field of Uncle Hai with Uncle Nam, his neighbour
passing by carrying a knapsack sprayer
Uncle Nam: Hey Uncle Hai! Why don’t we have some coffee instead of visiting your
field so early in the morning?
Uncle Hai: Oh, I am watching some friendly insects attacking the worms. How about
you? What are you spraying for?
Uncle Nam: My God! My crop is just 10 days old, but there are so many thrips. It looks
terrible. So I have to spray it now. Ah, you just mentioned friendly insects. What are
they?
Uncle Hai: Take your time. Put down your sprayer and I will tell you what they are.Uncle (in Vietnamese, Bac) is used as a sign of respect when addressing a senior
person in Vietnam.