Agriculture Production Commissioner Gagan Kumar Dhal flagged off the RAWE programme of Agri students on July 2 in the presence of Vice Chancellor, OUAT, Prof S Pasupalak here on Monday.
This is a 10-week village stay programme of the final year students to get familiar with the socio-economic conditions of the farmers, diagnose their field problems and suggest remedial measures.
Besides, the programme aims at developing communication skill of the students for effective transfer of technology, getting acquainted with various ongoing Government programme/schemes and to develop self confidence and competence in addressing issues on agriculture and allied sectors.
This is a very ambitious programme of the university based on revised course curricula where in students will have an opportunity to reinvent the rural resources available with the farming community for developing a holistic plan to be implemented by the specific farmers, said a release.