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

5 Pest-infested foliage or other plant parts; and
5 Unproductive, unwanted or dead plant parts.
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Field Guide of Discovery-based Exercises for Organic Vegetable Production
3. Present output of small groups to the big group. Conduct participatory discussion to allow
sharing of experiences among participants. Agree on a common procedure to be followed.
4. Do hands-on of appropriate pruning practices for any organically-grown vegetables in learning
field based on the agreed procedure.
5. 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 pruning?
❏ Did you observe different pruning practices for different vegetables in farmer’s fields? How
were they compared with vegetables that were not pruned?
❏ Why do we need to have different pruning practices for different vegetables?
❏ From the farmers interviewed, did you learn better pruning practices for different vegetables?
How did they do it?
❏ Do we need to practice pruning for any vegetable? How do we do it? What changes in appearance
of different vegetables did you observe weeks or months after pruning?
❏ Were there differences in plant growth and development between pruned and not pruned
organically-grown vegetables?
❏ Were there differences in yields between pruned and not pruned organically-grown vegetables?