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

Section 6 • Simultaneous Insect Pest and Disease Management
materials
• Conventional and organic vegetable fields where different sanitation and other cultural
management practices can be observed; and
• Office supplies (e.g., Manila papers, notebooks, ball pens, and marking pens).
methodology
• Field walks and brainstorming
steps
1. Divide participants in small groups and ask them to conduct field walks and observe different
sanitation and other cultural management practices in as many adjoining conventional and
organic vegetable fields of learning field. Interview other farmers, if necessary. List down all
observations related to sanitation practices (e.g., roguing, pruning, leaf removal, disposal of
crop residues, etc.), pest and disease occurrence, kind of crops planted, crop stand, etc.
2. Go back to processing area, brainstorm in small groups and present output to the big group.
Conduct participatory discussion to allow sharing of experiences among participants and
facilitators.
3. Synthesize and summarize output of small groups into one big group output. Draw up
conclusions and recommendations from this exercise.
some suggested questions for processing discussion
❏ Did you observe different sanitation practices in the field? What were the most common
sanitation practices employed by farmers?
❏ Did farmers properly dispose their crop residues? How?
❏ Did farmers dispose their crop residues for pest and diseases management?
❏ Did you see differences in pest and disease incidence with different sanitation practices? Did you
observe any innovative sanitation practices employed by farmers? What were these practices?
❏ Why do we have to be very cautious in applying different sanitation methods?
❏ What sanitation practices were more appropriate for each pest and disease problem in organic
vegetable production?
❏ What other cultural management practices can complement proper sanitation to reduce pest and
disease problems in organic vegetable production?
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