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Section 8 • Organic Vegetable Product Certification Process and Marketing Strategies
Mini-workshop:
4. Divide big group into five small groups and give them their respective assignments or tasks.
Provide sheets of paper and pens to draw and write results of discussions. Facilitators should not
read out questions, but introduce them in a natural way during brainstorming in small groups:
5 Each small group consolidates observations on organic guarantee system (e.g., first and/
or third party verification) followed by farmer-producers in their production system for
organic vegetable products;
5 Each small group specifies organic guarantee system (e.g., first and/or third party
verification) followed by farmer-producers in their production system for different types
of organic vegetable products (e.g., mature, immature fruits, flowers, leaves, etc.) and
different types of consumers of organic vegetable products;
5 Each small group lists all types of personal guarantees possessed by farmer-producers that
assure consumers of quality organic vegetable products; and
5 Each small group writes down processes and methods used by farmer-producers in their
organic vegetable production system that were certified as organic.
Participatory Discussions:
5. Facilitators guide a participatory discussion to synthesize and summarize results of this exercise.
some suggested questions for processing discussion
❏ What organic guarantee system (e.g., first and/or third party verification) is followed by farmerproducers
in their production system for organic vegetable products (e.g., mature, immature
fruits, flowers, leaves, etc.) and to what different types of consumers?
❏ What personal guarantees are possessed by farmer-producers, which will assure consumers of
quality organic vegetable products?
❏ What processes and methods used by farmer-producers in their organic vegetable production
system were certified as organic?
❏ What are the advantages and disadvantages of different organic guarantee system (e.g., first
and/or third party verification) followed by farmer-producers in their production system for
organic vegetable products?
❏ What are some of farmers’ common problems, issues, and concerns affecting different organic
guarantee systems (e.g., first and/or third party verification) followed in their production system
for organic vegetable products and how will they be addressed?
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