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| Published on : 30-Apr-2022
A glance at the demonstration of Rural Horticultural Work Experience (RHWE) program
- Manjima Sasi
- Adhiparasakthi Horticultural College, Kalavai, Ranipet, Tamil Nadu, India.
- Natchathra Kumar
- Adhiparasakthi Horticultural College, Kalavai, Ranipet, Tamil Nadu, India.
- Nithiyasree Saravanan
- Adhiparasakthi Horticultural College, Kalavai, Ranipet, Tamil Nadu, India.
- Nivina Kumar
- Adhiparasakthi Horticultural College, Kalavai, Ranipet, Tamil Nadu, India.
- Pachaiyammal Sivasankar
- Adhiparasakthi Horticultural College, Kalavai, Ranipet, Tamil Nadu, India.
- Padmapriya Perumal
- Adhiparasakthi Horticultural College, Kalavai, Ranipet, Tamil Nadu, India.
- Sarankumar Chandran
- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Adhiparasakthi Horticultural College, Kalavai, Ranipet, Tamil Nadu, India.
Abstract
Rural Horticultural Work Experience (RHWE) is a course offered to the undergraduate students to get associated with the farmers community and to understand the agricultural / Horticultural conditions in the rural areas. In this programme students performs some demonstrations related to the farm practices. Here we have performed 10 demonstration viz., Demonstration of zero energy cool chamber, Seed ball technique, Soil sample collection, Coconut mulching, Compost preparation, Air layering technique, Intercultural practices in banana, Kitchen gardening, Organic pesticides making, and Kisan call centre at various places in kaveripakkam village. This supports the farmers to gain a good knowledge about farm practices using low cost investment.
Keywords
RHWE, Demonstration, Farmers field, Kaveripakkam
