Curriculum (PDF) - Biovision

Week 15
Topic Duration What you need for this lesson
1 Final group assessment 3 hours Pens, checklist of performance and man-
2 Field day planning 1 hour
agement of enterprises, farmers’ records,
flip charts, marker pens, checklist for field
day events.
Topic 1: Final group
assessment
Introduction
Now you have been working together as a
group for two seasons, and you have had
time to apply on your farm what you have
learnt in the field school. It is time to go
out for the fourth and last time to see what
you and your colleagues have done so that
you can all learn from each other’s experiences,
and select the best Push-pull plots
so that you can hold the Field Day there
next week.
Learning objective
The objective of this assessment is to
maximize learning through group evaluation
of individual plots.
2 Nd season push-pull
plot
What to do in the assessment
Step 1: Join the groups that you formed in
Season 1, Week 3. Each group should
have 4-6 members.
Step 2: Visit each farm represented by the
members in the group.
Step 3: Use the table below to assess the
Push-pull and the Check plots.
Discuss with the host farmer. Rate each
farm using this scale:
1 = Poor 2 = Average 3 = Good
2 Nd season check
plot
1 St season push-pull with
vines
What to check
Overall field management
Weeding of the plots
Maize stand
Rating Comments Rating Comments Rating Comments
Napier grass management
Desmodium management
Record-keeping
Total rates
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