RYTHU SADASSU CUM AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION BY RAWEP STUDENTS WITH KVK, WYRA ON 04.04.2024

The B. Sc. (Agriculture) students numbering 49 from Agriculture College, Aswaraopet were attached for RAWEP 2023 – 24 to KVK, Wyra. As part of course curriculum, students conducted Rythu Sadassu cum Agricultural Exhibition at KVK, Wyra under the guidance and support of KVK, Wyra on 04.04.2024. The exhibition stall was visited by Dr. J. Hemantha Kumar, Associate Dean, Agriculture College, Aswaraopet and other teaching faculty along with Smt. M. Vijaya Niramala, DAO, Khammam, Dr. B. Venu Manohar, JD A&H, Sri. Ramana, DHSO, Khammam, Dr. K. Kishore, ED, DLDA, Wyra department officials, farmers and farm women along with Dr. K. Ravi Kumar, Programme Coordinator (FAC), scientists Dr. Jessie Suneetha W and Mrs. P. S. M. Phanisri of KVK, Wyra. All of them viewed the models exhibited on various technologies like HDPS cotton, cultivation of tomatoes with mulching and trellis, paired row system of maize cultivation with drip irrigation, various app available for farmers benefit, natural farming, neem-based seed treatment methods, mixed farming, types of mulching, use of yellow and blue stickly traps in chilli, drip irrigation, live models of various pulses, nutri-cereals and forest produce. Large number participated in rythu sadassu cum exhibition which included farmers, students, KVK staff and department personnel in the programme from Khammam District. Dr. J. Hemantha Kumar, Associate Dean, Agriculture College, Aswaraopet, Dr. K. Ravi Kumar, Programme Coordinator (FAC), KVK, Wyra, Dr. Jessie Suneetha .W, Dr. K. Ravi Kumar and Mr. T. Rana Pratap, REAC member addressed the students and wished them well for their future endeavours. The farmers were sensitised on soil health cards, disaster management in various crops, cultivation of cotton during Kharif, management practices to be followed for black thrips in chilli, importance of millets for dietary diversification and combating hidden hunger, use of various apps for farmer’s benefit, use of short duration paddy varieties, HDPS cotton and so on. The programme continued with feedback from students on their experience during the RAWEP period and farmer’s response to students’ involvement in various activities during their interaction with students. Farmer – scientist interaction was organised to clarify the queries related to Vanakalam crops.