Field Guide of Discovery-based Exercises for - Aseanipm ...

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Field Guide of Discovery-based Exercises for Organic Vegetable Production
• Organic vegetable fields planted to stratified and non-stratified snap beans and garden pea seeds;
• Office supplies (e.g., Manila papers, notebooks, ball pens, and marking pens);
• Field supplies (e.g., snap bean and garden pea seeds, rubber bands, and plastic bags); and
• Refrigerator (e.g., temperature may vary from time to time).
methodology
• Field walks, hands-on, and brainstorming
steps
1. Divide participants in small groups and ask them to conduct field walks, interview farmers, and
observe organic vegetable fields planted to either vernalized or non-vernalized radish seeds.
List down all observations and experiences shared by farmers interviewed.
2. Go back to processing area. Brainstorm in small groups on how to improve standard procedure
provided below:
5 Place seeds in undamaged plastic bags and carefully tie bags with rubber bands;
5 Place bags of seeds in vegetable section of a refrigerator for 45-60 days;
5 When field is ready for planting, bring out stratified seeds from refrigerator and plant; and
5 Follow all required cultural management practices for growing snap beans or garden peas.
3. Present output of small groups to the big group. Conduct participatory discussion to allow
sharing of experiences among participants and facilitators.
4. Synthesize and summarize output of small groups into one big group output. Draw up
conclusions and recommendations from this exercise.
some suggested question for processing discussion
❏ What do we mean by stratification?
❏ Did you observe organic snap beans and garden peas planted in farmers’ field whose seeds
were stratified? How were they compared with snap beans or garden peas whose seeds were
not stratified?
❏ Why do we need to stratify organic snap bean or garden pea seeds?