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

Section 6 • Simultaneous Insect Pest and Disease Management
For field walk and brainstorming exercise:
How long will this exercise take?
• Thirty minutes to one hour field walks, observations,
and interaction with organic vegetable farmers; and
• Thirty minutes to one hour brainstorming session in
processing area.
learning objectives
• To make participants aware of and appreciate the
role of hilling-up in management of organic vegetable
pests and diseases;
• To learn from other farmers the proper ways and
the best time to do hilling-up in organic vegetable
production; and
• To learn from other farmers other benefits derived from practicing hilling-up in organic
vegetable production.
materials
• Office supplies (e.g., notebooks, ball pens, marking pens, crayons, Manila papers); and
• Hilled-up and not hilled-up organic vegetable plots or beds (e.g., organic vegetable crops should
be more or less at same growth stages).
methodology
• Field walks and brainstorming
steps
1. Divide participants in small groups and ask them to conduct field walks and observe as many
hilled-up and not hilled-up organic vegetable plots or beds in a field. Take note of different
practices in hilling-up. Interview other organic vegetable farmers, if necessary. List down all
observations related to pest and disease occurrence, crop stand, weed growth, soil moisture
conditions, etc.
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when is this exercise most
appropriate?
ɶ In FFS, TOT, and VST
sessions as part of ‘Other
Cultural Management
Practices in Organic
Vegetable Production’ topic;
ɶ When organic vegetable
farmers want to learn
improved practices from
other farmers in hilling-up;
and/or
ɶ When hilling-up operation is
to be conducted in learning
field.