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KULITHALAI: Not all things are learnt within the frontiers of the classroom _ certainly not if the discipline happens to be agriculture. A bunch of students from the Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College and Research Institute understood that when they camped with farmers in and around Kulithalai for about a month under the Rural Agricultural Work Experience (RAWE) programme that ended on Wednesday. A total of eleven groups comprising five to seven students each participated in RAWE that was previously known as village stay programme. The students remained with progressive farmers in villages around Kulithalai between June 14 and July 11. Prior to the commencement of the programme the students were exposed to the rural life style for two days through an orientation programme. The students visited several villages and gleaned details about crops, cropping pattern, farm practices, irrigation management, introduction of recent technologies and such other things during their stay. “At Vadhiyam we got to know the intricacies of banana cultivation and we also applied weedicide. We also interacted with farmers who had raised seedless lemon,” say students, Neeta Indurkar and K. Sasikala. “Betel vine farmers explained the method of plucking leaves from the creepers at Thaneerpalli and at Karungalapalli we had the opportunity to witness sericulture practice, including mulberry cultivation in the farm of progressive women farmer M. Rajeswari,” add S. Amudha and Ambili Antony. At Mayiladumparai the students saw seven different varieties of thorn less bamboo raised in over 12 acres under drip irrigation system. They also learnt the efficacy of micro irrigation management techniques in sugarcane field at Nadupatti. Farmers there claimed increased yield was the common refrain of the students. The visit to a private sugar mill at Pettaivaithalai was rewarding and informative. Though there was a negligible flow of water down Cauvery at the Kattalai Bed Regulator near Mayanur, we were able to understand the importance of irrigation in agriculture, pointed out P. Amala. The students also visited mat weaving units, Krishi Vigyan Kendra at Sirugamani and the vermicompost yard of progressive organic farmer Sethuraman where they learnt the preparation of pancha kavya, Amrita Karaisal and other organic farming practices. “It was a good exposure for the young students as they understood what role they had to play in aiding the development of farmers. They students gained first hand experience in knowing the various troubles the farming community faces,” said Kulithalai Farmers’ Discussion Group convener A.V. Gopaladesikan, under whose guidance a group of students underwent the RAWE programme.
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