Workshop Module 7: Farming 197Creative thinking : Farming chemicals pollution and costs
Method : Presentation, discussion, and group brainstormTools : IDEP GMO Fact Sheets, black/white board, markersReferences : PC Book MOD 7 – Farming;
PC Book MOD 9 - Integrated Pest ManagementObjective : Participants understand the impacts of chemicals and external inputsStep 1
The facilitator can draw on the white/black board something like the following diagram:
Discuss with the participants the short-term and long-term impacts of using
chemical pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers, including:
- Cost to the farmers.
- Pollution from transporting the chemicals.
- Pollution from using the chemicals.
- Impacts on soil fertility.
- Impacts of the surrounding environment and farmers’ health.
- Impacts on water sources.
- Impacts on the heath of people who eat produce grown with chemicals.
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