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AGRICULTURAL CROPS
PRODUCTION NC II
Learning Activity Sheet
Quarter 3- Week 7-8
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COLLECT FARM WASTES
C. Directions/ Instructions
After going through with this unit, you are expected to:
1. Read and follow each direction carefully.
2. Accomplish each activity for the mastery of competency.
3. Use the Learning Activity Sheets with care.
D. Exercises / Activities
D.1 INTRODUCTION
WHAT’S IN
Activity 1: Agricultural Waste vs Hazardous Waste
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Give 5 examples of agricultural waste and 5 examples of hazardous waste
found in a farm.
Agricultural Waste Hazardous Waste
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.
WHAT’S NEW
Activity 2- Observe and Tell
Directions: Take a look at the pictures below and answer the following question.
D.2 DEVELOPMENT
WHAT IS IT
ACTIVITY 3. Collecting Farm Waste
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choppers. Common waste collection chores include washing, disinfecting,
and cleaning in corners, surfaces beneath fences, along partitions, in alleys,
and in stalls or pens. Regularly cleaned, neat-appearing facilities reduce
complaints about odors,and insects,. Warm, moist, manures are ideal for
pests and need to be frequently and thoroughly removed.
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A brushcutter (alsocalled a brushsaw
or clearing saw) is a
powered garden or agricultural tool
used to trim weeds, small trees, and
other foliage not accessible by
a lawn mower or rotary mower.
Various blades or trimmer heads can
be attached to the machine for
specific applications.
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PPE’s TO BE USED TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF WORKERS
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Safety Hats/Helmets
o Safety hats protect the
farmers’head from injury caused
by falling or flying objects.
o Should be worn in places where
farm work is going on or risk of
objects falling or flying is high.
o Ought to be worn where
equipment operation work is
going on.
o They come in various types
depending on the task being
performed and risk involved.
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2. Safety Coveralls
4. Safety footwear
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6. Safety gloves
WHAT’S MORE
ACTIVITY 4. Use Me
2. _____________
1. _______________
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3._______
4. ____________
5.___________
6. ______________
D.3 ENGAGEMENT
WHAT I CAN DO
ACTIVITY 5. Let’s Do It
Directions: Given the pictures below. Answer the following essay questions
notebook.
1. How would you collect the waste in the farm? What tools will you use?
2. What would happen if you will not practice proper waste management?
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ACTIVITY 6. Additional Activity
Directions: Answer briefly and concisely. Write your answers in your activity
notebook.
Question: How important is proper waste collection? Why? Write at least 150
words
D.4 Assessment
Directions: Read each item below. Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write
your answers in your activity notebook.
1. What is the reason why waste collectors need to use Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE) in collecting farm waste?
a. PPE will protect them from the hazards of collecting wastes.
b. PPE will protect from the pathogens and diseases.
c. PPE will serve as shield from dirt.
d. All of the above
2. What is an agricultural waste?
a. It is a waste generated from harvesting trimming or pruning plants or farm
waste.
b. It is a waste from residential houses and establishments
c. It is a waste from humans and animals.
d. It is a waste from burning plastic.
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6. You have given a dust mask to protect against hazardous fumes in a farm.
What should you do?
a. Do the job but work quickly.
b. Do not start the work until you have the correct PPE.
c. Wear a second dust mask on top of the first one.
d. Start to work but take a break.
7. The OHS Standard requires all waste collectors/employee
a. To undergo training in relation to their work
b. To use certain type of Personal Protective Equipment
c. To handle waste properly.
d. All of the above
8. Eye protection should protect the eyes from
a. Sharp objects b. Harmful chemicals c. Ultra violet rays
d. All of the above
15. What refers to a set of rules issued by DOLE which mandates the use of
appropriate practices, means, method operations and processes, and
working conditions reasonably necessary to ensure safe and healthful
employment?
a. Occupational Safety and Health Protocol
b. Occupational Safety and Health Standard
c. Occupational Safety Procedure
d. Ecological Safety
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GOOD PRACTICE IN HANDLING AND DISPOSING OF MATERIALS
This lesson includes the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitudes in handling
and disposing materials in agricultural crop production. Specifically, the students will
be able to observe workplace practice involving handling and disposing of
materials as well as report problems and difficulties in completing work.
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C. Directions/ Instructions
After going through with this unit, you are expected to:
1. Read and follow each direction carefully.
2. Accomplish each activity for the mastery of competency.
3. Use the Learning Activity Sheets with care.
D. Exercises / Activities
D.1 INTRODUCTION
WHAT’S IN
ACTIVITY 1. Matching Type
Instructions: Let’s see if you can match the following word with their correct
definition. Write your answer on the space provided before each number:
A. Materials made by nature that are necessary for life
Waste also called raw materials.
B. A specially constructed site for disposing of
garbage. The less garbage we throw away, the less
Resources we need this.
C. Made from raw or recycled materials, consumers
Conserve buy these every day.
D. Although this protects products before they bought,
Products some products like fresh produce don’t need any.
E. This can be collected in your community and made
Recyclable into a new product by a manufacturer.
F. Nature’s way of recycling food scraps and yard
Composting trimmings.
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G. Something that can harm people or environment if
Landfill not disposed of properly.
Toxic H. To use wisely to avoid waste
Packaging I. Metal comes from this mineral or rock in the ground.
J. Food scraps, dried leaves, and other things you
Ore throw away.
D.2 DEVELOPMENT
WHAT IS IT
ACTIVITY 3. Good Practices in Handling and Disposing Waste
Waste management is the collection, transport, processing, recycling or
disposal, and monitoring of waste materials. The term usually relates to materials
produced by human activity, and is generally undertaken to reduce their effect on
health, the environment or aesthetics. Waste management is also carried out to
recover resources from it. Waste management can involve solid, liquid, gaseous or
radioactive substances, with different methods and fields of expertise for each.
Waste management practices differ for developed and developing nations,
for urban and rural areas, and for residential and industrial producers. Management
for non-hazardous waste residential and institutional waste in metropolitan areas is
usually the responsibility of local government authorities, while management for non-
hazardous commercial and industrial waste is usually the responsibility of the
generator.
Methods of Disposal
Integrated waste management
Integrated waste management using LCA (life cycle analysis) attempts to
offer the most benign options for waste management. For mixed MSW (Municipal
Solid Waste) a number of broad studies have indicated that waste administration,
then source separation and collection followed by reuse and recycling of the non-
organic fraction and energy and compost/fertilizer production of the organic waste
fraction via anaerobic digestion to be the favoured path. Non-metallic waste
resources are not destroyed as with incineration, and can be reused/ recycled in a
future resource depleted society.
Landfill
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Disposing of waste in a landfill involves burying the waste, and this remains a
common practice in most countries. Landfills were often established in abandoned
or unused quarries, mining voids or borrow pits.
A properly designed and well-managed landfill can be a hygienic and
relatively inexpensive method of disposing of waste materials. Older, poorly
designed or poorly managed landfills can create a number of adverse
environmental impacts such as wind-blown litter, attraction of vermin, and
generation of liquid leachate. Another common byproduct of landfills is gas (mostly
composed of methane and carbon dioxide), which is produced as organic waste
breaks down anaerobically. This gas can create odour problems, kill surface
vegetation, and is a greenhouse gas.
Incineration is common in countries such as Japan where land is more scarce,
as these facilities generally do not require as much area as landfills. Waste-to-energy
(WtE) or energy-from-waste (EfW) are broad terms for facilities that burn waste in a
furnace or boiler to generate heat, steam or electricity. Combustion in an incinerator
is not always perfect and
there have been concerns about pollutants in gaseous emissions from incinerator
stacks. Particular concern has focused on some very persistent organics such as
dioxins, furans, PAHs which may be created which may have serious environmental
consequences.
Recycling
Recycling refers to the collection and reuse of waste materials such as empty
beverage containers. The materials from which the items are made can be
reprocessed into new products. Material for recycling may be collected separately
from general waste using dedicated bins and collection vehicles, or sorted directly
from mixed waste streams.
The most common consumer products recycled include aluminum such as
beverage cans, copper such as wire, steel food and aerosol cans, old steel
furnishings or equipment, polyethylene and PET bottles, glass bottles and jars,
paperboard cartons, newspapers, magazines and light paper, and corrugated
fiberboard boxes. PVC, LDPE, PP, and PS (see resin identification code) are also
recyclable. These items are usually composed of a single type of material, making
them relatively easy to recycle into new products. The recycling of complex
products (such as computers and electronic equipment) is more difficult, due to the
additional dismantling and separation required.
The type of recycling material accepted usually depends on what city and
country you live in. Each city and country have different recycling programs in place
that can handle the various types of recyclable materials.
Sustainability
The management of waste is a key component in a business' ability to
maintaining ISO14001 accreditation. Companies are encouraged to improve their
environmental efficiencies each year. One way to do this is by improving a
company’s waste management with a new recycling service. (such as recycling:
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glass, food waste, paper and cardboard, plastic bottles etc.)
Biological Reprocessing
Waste materials that are organic in nature, such as plant material, food
scraps, and paper products, can be recycled using biological composting and
digestion processes to decompose the organic matter. The resulting organic
material is then recycled as mulch or compost for agricultural or landscaping
purposes. In addition, waste gas from the process (such as methane) can be
captured and used for generating electricity and heat (CHP/cogeneration)
maximizing efficiencies. The intention of biological processing in waste management
is to control and accelerate the natural process of decomposition of organic matter.
There is a large variety of composting and digestion methods and
technologies varying in complexity from simple home compost heaps, to small town
scale batch digesters, industrial-scale enclosed-vessel digestion of mixed domestic
waste (see Mechanical biological treatment). Methods of biological decomposition
are differentiated as being aerobic or anaerobic methods, though hybrids of the
two methods also exist.
Anaerobic digestion of the organic fraction of MSW Municipal Solid Waste has
been found to be in a number of LCA analysis studies to be more environmentally
effective, than landfill, incineration or pyrolysis. The resulting biogas (methane)
though
must be used for cogeneration (electricity and heat preferably on or close to the site
of production) and can be used with a little it can be injected into the natural gas
network or further refined to hydrogen for use in stationary cogeneration fuel cells. Its
use in fuel cells eliminates the pollution from products of combustion.
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often employed in factories. This is an approach that not only seeks to maintain
minimal levels of plant efficiency, but also looks for ways to improve production.
RCM can include determining how to increase operating procedures, such as
maximizing a machine's uptime, which means increasing the amount of time the
equipment is actually producing. Such an increase can be accomplished by various
means, like adding more workers to a machine or by making engineering changes.
5. Preventative maintenance is also an important aspect of making sure a plant
runs efficiently. One common preventative measure is the periodic checking of
machinery to see if it is operating correctly. This can prevent equipment from
breaking down, or help to anticipate a possible problem that would otherwise cost
the plant money because of a work stoppage.
6. Janitors are an important part of plant maintenance. These maintenance
technicians do not work directly with machines, but instead make sure that the plant
facilities are clean and safe. This can include anything from removing garbage to
cleaning bathrooms and eating areas. Many times, janitors will be responsible for the
maintenance of the factory floor — and keeping it clean of any spills that could be
dangerous to equipment operators.
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5. Inadvertently, working from your well-insulated garden office is probably THE
most environmentally friendly way to work. In truth, not many garden office
workers were concerned about this, having made the decision to change
premises for cost reasons. It was a fourth consideration.
6. Healthier environment. Who wouldn’t feel better working from a manicured
garden? Having a leafy outlook, all that oxygenation and photosynthesis
going on! In terms of inspirational and peaceful spaces, a garden outlook is
hard to beat. Having spoken to a structural engineer who had a small patch
of forest, an architect with a wide unkempt garden, a consultant with an
office under huge evergreens, a property developer from his landscaped
arena, a painter from a misty bog, a sculptor from a rocky outpost and many
more, heightened creativity was unanimously rated the most important
outcome of working from a healthier garden environment.
What’s More
Activity No. 3 Recycle Hunt
Materials:
● Sacks
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What I Have Learned
Activity No. 4 Find Me
Instructions: Look across, up, and down to find words in the word box.
Waste
Resources
Conserve
Products
Recyclable
Composting
Landfill
Toxic
Packaging
Energy
Paper
D.3 ENGAGEMENT
ACTIVITY 5.
WHAT I CAN DO
Many nurseries recognize the need to manage their operation in an
environmentally responsible manner but there is always room for improvement. The
nursery industry is by no means the main contributor to environmental problems it is
beneficial for all businesses and members of the community to adopt
environmentally sound practices. Some practices that have been used for many
years may need to be changed to reflect new circumstances. For example, there
has been a tendency to over-use water, fertilizers and pesticides.
Over-use of water
Many nurseries use excessive quantities of water and no WA operations are
currently recycling run-off. Water availability and efficiency may increasingly be a
strategic risk issue for nurseries if, as is likely, there are greater constraints on water use
in future.
Over-use and run-off of chemicals
Many nurseries may be using fertilizers and pesticides inefficiently. Besides
wasting costly materials, excess may be washed away with site water run-off and
contribute to river and groundwater pollution. There will be increasing future
requirements to prevent such pollution, especially in sensitive catchment areas.
Benefits of improvement
Benefits may include:
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● Cost savings: e.g. from the improved efficiency of fertiliser, pesticides, and
energy use and reduced waste
● Improved plant growth and productivity: excess water and fertilizer may be
counter productive
● Better planning of new operations: e.g. improved ability to renew planning
permission or to gain permission for new operations, especially in run-off-
sensitive areas
● Improved access to water licensing: by demonstrating responsible
management
● Avoidance of potential fines for breach of regulations: e.g. from chemical spill
into a watercourse or breach of pesticides regulations
● Avoidance of site contamination: maintenance of site value and avoidance
of cleanup costs
● Defense against unwarranted complaints: e.g. regarding the use of pesticides
D.4 ASSIMILATION
Summary
E. ASSESSMENT
TRUE OR FALSE: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if the statement is
wrong. Write your answer in a separate sheet.
1. Low overhead with no rent or rate and less electricity used for light and
heat is called cost cutting
2. No need to communicate, other than the garden path is “More time for
Life”
3. Healthy environment means a healthier life
4. Clean surrounding makes a peaceful mind.
5. Plant maintenance refers to the method, strategies and practice
6. A steel mill will have different machinery than a food processing plant
7. Reliability centered maintenance is a maintenance strategy that is often
employed in factories
8. Janitor are an important part of a plant maintenance
9. An important aspect of making a plan runs efficiently is called preventive
maintenance.
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10. Trench composting is relatively simple. Simply dig a trench 8 - 8 inches
deep, fill with 3 - 4 inches of organic material and cover with soil
11. Bin can be constructed using 4' × 4' pallets fastened together to form a
box and lined with wire mesh.
12. Composting is nature's way of recycling. Composting biodegrades
organic waste. i.e. food waste, manure, leaves, grass trimmings, paper,
wood, feathers, crop residue etc., and turns it into a valuable in- organic
fertilizer.
13. Waste management is the collection, transport, processing, recycling or
disposal, and monitoring of waste materials.
14. Temperature is directly proportional to the biological activity within the
composting system.
15. Recycling refers to the collection and reuse of waste materials such as
empty beverage containers.
Test B. Please answer the following question:
1. Is communication important? How? Why?
2. Among the given type of communication what do you think is the
most important? Why?
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