Kohima district has been selected for organising the Rural Agricultural Work Experience Programme (RAWEP) 2015 for the final year B.Sc (Ag) students of NU: SASRD, Medziphema campus. The programme is jointly organised by NU: SASRD and the department of Agriculture, Government of Nagaland. The first RAWEP was started in the year 2003.
RAWEP is an educational process that aims to hone the skills of the students, not only in the agricultural sector but also in the all-round personality development through strengthening of interpersonal relations and communication skills, problem solving, teamwork, and character development. Under RAWEP students are placed for a period of three months in selected villages. During their stay in village, students gain in-depth practical experiences by conducting various field activities prioritizing the needs of the host farmers, baseline survey of the village as well as the selected host farmer’s agricultural activities. Students also organize exhibition as well demonstrations for showing the benefits of adopting improved agricultural technologies in farmer’s field condition. RAWE students also enrich their knowledge from the indigenous technical knowledge possessed by the farmers. Students get technical guidance from the subject experts (SEs) for Crop and Livestock production, Plant protection, Soil management, Use of improved farm implements, Socio economic analysis, marketing and Technology transfer.
Altogether 57 students (28 female and 29 male) were placed in Jakhabama, Kezo Basa, Kezoma and Kidima village on August 4, under Kohima district.
DAO Kohima, Vizonyu Liezie, PS Seyievonuo and RAWEP coordinator Dr. K.K. Jha led the team for placing the RAWEP students in the selected villages. A meeting was organized in each of the selected villages wherein the students were given warm welcome by the respective Chairman Village Council, VDB Secretary, GB, Youth leaders as well as host farmers including briefing about the activities to be taken up during the RAWE programme.