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

Section 3 • Living Soil, Integrated Soil Nutrient and Crop Managements
learning objectives
• To make participants understand that proper row orientation in growing organic vegetables
contributes to better crop productivity; and
• To learn from other farmers their best experiences in using different row orientations to further
sustain productivity in growing organic vegetables.
materials
• Adjoining fields of learning field grown to any organic vegetable where different row orientations
were practiced; and
• Office supplies (e.g., Manila papers, notebooks, ball pens, and marking pens).
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 vegetables grown in different row orientations. List down all observations and
experiences shared by farmers who were interviewed.
2. Go back to processing area. Brainstorm in small groups on what is the best row orientation to
use. Present output of small groups to the big group. Conduct participatory discussion to allow
sharing of experiences among participants. Agree on the best row orientation to be followed.
3. Do actual use of best row orientation for growing organic vegetables in learning field as agreed
upon by the big group.
4. Synthesize and summarize output of small groups into one big group output. Draw up
conclusions and recommendation from this exercise.
some suggested question for processing discussion
❏ What do we mean by growing organic vegetables in east-west row orientation? Did you observe
different row orientations for different organic vegetables grown in farmers’ field?
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