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

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Field Guide of Discovery-based Exercises for Organic Vegetable Production
3. Each small group presents and discusses answers to guide questions in big group;
4. Facilitators integrate and summarize outputs.
5. Ask participants to go to a barren field and request for one volunteer to broadcast any available
powder material evenly on soil surface of a barren field. Ask other participants to observe
how powder material is distributed in a barren field. Let all participants walk over an area and
observe what happened to applied powder material as they walk around.
6. Parallel simulation exercise with disease transport mechanisms in organic vegetable field
observed with standing crops that are infected with diseases, such as:
5 Bacteria get around by water;
5 Fungi get around by wind;
5 Viruses get around by insects; and
5 Nematodes get around by dirt.
7. Process activity by brainstorming and participatory sharing of experiences among participants
and facilitators; and
8. Summarize and synthesize all learning experiences shared. Draw up conclusions and
recommendations from this exercise.
For Role-playing:
9. Get eight volunteers to do a role-play:
5 Prepare labels for every role of volunteers;
5 Do role-play showing possible effects and reactions of different actors in disease
development; and
5 Process observations in small groups and present to big group.
10. Process activity by brainstorming and participatory sharing of experiences among participants
and facilitators; and
11. Summarize and synthesize all learning experiences shared. Draw up conclusions and
recommendations from this exercise.