RICE PEST CONTROL -- Women farmers in Palawau are interviewed by a woman extension worker regarding their use of indigenous plants as pest controls, as part of an FAO IPM field training course. In 1985, farmers in the Philippines who adopted IPM technique - - In Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand, 36 million tonnes of rice are lost annually through pests and competition from weeds. By 1987, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization Intercountry programme for the Developm