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Introduction:

You will now put what you have learnt about agriculture into use by preparing and carrying out a Big Action with the farmers. The Action will include a People&rsquo;s Exam, which is part of the final evaluation of your agriculture studies.&nbsp; 

	OWU describes the exam in official documents in this way:

	The student produces an exhibition of 5 posters to be used with small farmers about the best way to grow a crop, a new agricultural technique, animal husbandry, erosion control or an organizational issue for farmers in a village.

	The exam will have the character of a people&#39;s exam, as there will be both poor farmers, officials from the ministry of agriculture and a teacher from the partnership school present. 

	The idea of this task is that you plan and create a Big Action where the exhibition is one of the elements or a tool in reaching the goals of the action. In this way the exhibition becomes part of a larger whole and can have a strong effect.

	The first step for you is thus to decide on the theme of the Big Action. It could be:

	-&nbsp; To establish a model garden farm that a group of farmers takes care of together,

	-&nbsp;&nbsp; to plant trees or vetiver grass to preserve topsoil in areas that are in danger of erosion,

	-&nbsp;&nbsp; to take a decision of preventing bush fires and to take a preventive action,

	-&nbsp;&nbsp; to introduce a new crop that would serve as healthy food or as a future cash crop, etc.&nbsp;

	When you have decided on the theme you must develop a program for the action, and them plan all the practical and theoretical details. If you can involve the farmers or some of the farmers in the programming and planning, you can better ensure participation and success of the Big Action.

	The exhibition can be a part of the introduction to the action &ndash; and it could then again be used at the end of the action so as to repeat important points, which might be easier to understand by the farmers when they have done the action.
You could also include the exhibitions in the action in other ways if that fits better with your plan of action.

Directive:

1. Read the introduction.

	2. Decide on the theme of your Big Action. Write down in 4 main points what you want to achieve. What are your goals of the Big Action? 

	3. Make a program for the action and an outline of the plan. Consider if this program and your plan will achieve the goals.&nbsp; 

	***&nbsp; Be aware that the program of the action must include an exhibition of five posters, which you must produce as part of your People&rsquo;s Exam, Section 5, Task 1&nbsp; ***

	4. Discuss your planning so far with farmers in the community, colleagues in the project where you are working or others who might have some good ideas or experience. Make adjustment if needed in the program and plan. 

	5. Make the detailed plan of the Big Action. When, where, who should prepare, who should make invitations and who should take part, materials and funds needed, equipment, etc. Involve some farmers in the planning or discuss your detail plans with farmers.

	6.&nbsp; Prepare according to the plans.

	7.&nbsp; Make your exhibition of 5 posters. Make first a draft on 5 pieces of paper so that you get the idea of the exhibition right. Ask yourself if you are telling the right message to the farmers and if your exhibition is interesting and understandable. Include drawings and pictures where this can strengthen the message. 

	8.&nbsp; Prepare also for the People&rsquo;s Exam, which includes selecting and inviting the People&rsquo;s Committee in cooperation with your tutor (about the People&rsquo;s Exam see Agriculture S5T1).

	9.&nbsp; Carry out the Big Action with yourself in the lead, shoulder to shoulder with the small farmers.

	10. Finish with celebration of the Big Action and People&rsquo;s Exam (see Agriculture S5T1).

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