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

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Field Guide of Discovery-based Exercises for Organic Vegetable Production
• Five cartolina cardboard (4 x 8 inches of assorted colors), notebooks, Manila paper, marking
pens, paste, scissors, Kraft envelop (e.g., for mini-workshop);
• Five guide questions (one for each group), Manila paper, marking pens (e.g., for participatory
discussion); and
• Village genebank facilities (e.g., for field visit).
steps
Field Visit:
1. Conduct field visit to village genebanks for organically-grown vegetable varieties and breeding
lines. Expose participants to these facilities and their operations that have been existing for at
least 2 years.
2. Ask participants to observe and interview farmer-breeders, seed production personnel, and
farmers focusing more on objectives of the topic.
Brainstorming Session:
3. Conduct brainstorming sessions in big group as follows:
5 Farmers will share their ideas on need for a village genebank. Focus will be on farmers’
storage practices to keep different varieties;
5 Facilitators elaborate different types of seed storage (e.g., comparison of farmers’ and
breeders’ genebank operations);
5 Farmers and facilitators share ideas on need for proper record keeping and labeling;
5 Facilitators summarize shared ideas, experiences, and recommendations.
Mini-workshop:
4. Divide big group into five smaller groups. Facilitators prepare sufficient materials including
notebooks and drawing materials. Instructions for sharing of experiences and mini-workshop
will be provided by facilitators (e.g., to be written in a sheet of paper), as follows:
5 Small groups sit down to prepare outline for a source book;
5 Similarly, small groups make outline for a store book