Mekong River Delta. The programme in this area started in 1991 and provided for a 3-month training and experimentation course. It was given 4 times per year in this province which has 4 growing seasons. Here a farmer is collecting specimens in a rice fie - - Integrated Pest Management. This nation-wide programme of assistance to rice growers is organized around small field groups of farmers who meet one morning per week. Through field work and discussions the farmes, with the help of FAO technicians, make an agro-ecological system analy