Module 7: Threats and loss. Junior Farmer Field and Life School: Facilitator’s Guide.
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A farmer has to learn to deal with many different types of threats and he or she has to take many forms of preventive action in order to avoid losses in farming. Plants and animals are often affected by pests and diseases and it is the young plants or animals that are affected harder by such threats. Income levels might also be compromised or reduced due to poor planning. If such losses are prevented farming has the potential to provide much higher returns and benefits to households. Just like l osses occur in agriculture loss is also part of life and occurs in the lives of both children and adults. Family members or friends might pass away or land or household assets might be lost due to for example thieves or natural disasters. Grief (or how we cope after a loss) can be more traumatic and severe for an adolescent than an adult. The outcome of grief is less predictable and may be more emotionally crippling because the young person is in the process of building a foundation for emotiona l growth and developing coping strategies. Therefore, learning strategies to help people cope with losses both in agriculture and in their every day human life is an important aspect of the JFFLS. This module contains sample exercises for each of the learning activities, plus a number of sample energizers and cultural activities that can be used to keep the participants engaged and reinforce their learning. The activities should serve as samples to be modifie and applied as appropriate. The impo rtant thing is that all main building blocks of a typical JFFLS session are included in each learning session.