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Field Guide of Discovery-based Exercises for Organic Vegetable Production
5 Farmers will share their experiences on methods of harvesting, drying, and storage. Focus
will be on farmers’ practices to keep different varieties;
5 Facilitators guide discussions considering differences between farmer’ practices and
requirements for breeding (e.g., comparison of farmers’ and breeders’ system of harvest
and storage) using table below:
COMPONENTS FARMERS’ SYSTEM BREEDERS’ SYSTEM
Variety cross for selection
Post-harvest evaluation
Re-testing of variety
Planting in own field
Others
5 Facilitators elaborate on requirement to avoid admixtures, keeping records of various fruits
and seed lots, and need or seed bags and clean storage spaces;
5 Motivate farmers to share experiences by asking questions by asking where farmers
foresee problems; and
5 Prepare a work plan or harvest of cross-breeding studies in learning field and assign
responsibilities.
4. Conduct brainstorming sessions in small groups and present results to the big group.
5. The facilitator should guide a participatory discussion to synthesize and summarize
result of small groups’ brainstorming and workshop sessions in plenary and come up with
recommendations as a result of this activity.
Guided Questions:
6. Facilitators formulate five questions on relevant issues, problems, and concerns in harvesting
and seed storage of farmers’ organically-grown vegetable varieties and breeding lines.
7. Each small group draws a question, brainstorms for 10 minutes, answers question, and presents
output to the big group.