RHWE

Rural Horticultural Work Experience Programme (RHWEP) under Student READY Planning Process for RHWEP

Bench mark survey, Socio economic survey

• Placement in RSKs/Practical work in villages/ Placement in Villages (Orientation–Departments, Village attachment and Establishment of Plant Health clinic/ Information center/Crop Museum and Advisory Service at Raitha Samparka Kendra (RSK), Practical work in villages and Krishimela).
• The College of Horticulture, Hiriyur has organized RHWE programme during 2016- 2017 to 2019-2020 for 232 B.Sc. (Hons.) Horticulture students.
• Students were involved in data collection by using interview schedule and Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) techniques and identified the important problems related to horticulture as well as general problems to plan the programmes for three months of village stay under RHWEP.
• Nineteen villages were selected from Chitradurga district. In each village, 11-13 students were placed as part of village attachment.
• Nineteen villages were covered under 05 Raitha Samparka Kendras over last four years.

Number of students registered for RHWE programme during 2016-17 to 2020-21

Sl. No.	Year	Boys	Girls	Total
1.	2016-17	39	38	77
2.	2017-18	28	24	52
3.	2018-19	24	28	52
4.	2019-20	22	29	51
5.	2020-21	42	41	83
Grand Total		155	160	315

 Placement of students to Raitha Samparka Kendra’s (RSK’s) and Villages

• Identification of Villages for RHWEP

Co-ordinator and Associate Co-ordinator of RHWEP were involved in the selection of villages before commencement of the RHWE programme. The villages were selected based on crop diversification and farming activities. The selected villages consisted of at least 100 farm families. Arrangements were made with respect to lodging and boarding facilities to the students and teachers during the village stay.

Details of Rural Horticultural Work Experience Programme:

Sl.No.	Academic Year/ Taluk	No. of Students	Placement Village	Major Horticultural Crops
1.	2016-17 Hosadurga Taluk	11	GuthikatteLambanihatti	Onion, Arecanut, Banana and Pomegranate
		11	Marabaghatta	Onion, Arecanut, Banana, Chilli and Brinjal
		11	Guthikatte	Coconut, Arecanut and Onion
		11	Devigere	Onion, Arecanut, Banana and Coconut
		11	Honnekere	Coconut, Arecanut and Onion
		11	Honnenahalli	Onion, Arecanut, Banana, Chilli and Brinjal
		11	Kantapura	Onion, Arecanut, Banana, Chilli and Brinjal
2.	2017-18 Chitradurga Taluk	13	Bheemasamudra	Arecanut and Black pepper
		13	Hireguntanur	Arecanut, Chrysanthemum, Marigold and Jasmine
		13	Bommenahalli	Arecanut and Betel vine
		13	V. Palya	Arecanut
3.	2018-19 Hiriyur Taluk	13	V.V. Pura	Onion, Arecanut, Banana, Chilli and Brinjal
		13	Beeranahalli	Onion, Arecanut, Banana and Tomato
		13	Baramagiri	Onion, Arecanut, Banana, Chilli and Brinjal
		13	A.V. Kottige	Coconut, Arecanut and Onion
4.	2019-20 Hiriyur Taluk	13	Yalagondanahalli	Onion, Arecanut, Banana, Pomegranate and Coconut
		13	Eshwaragere	Onion, Arecanut, Banana, Chilli, Brinjal and Pomegranate
		13	Abbinahole	Onion, Arecanut, Onion, Vegetables and Pomegranate
		12	Chillahalli	Onion, Arecanut, Banana, Coconut, Pomegranate and Vegetables
5.	2020-21*	83	Native RSK Village	Details of major horticultural crops in respective districts are mentioned below

*Due to COVID Pandemic 2020-21 batch students allotted in their respective villages/ RSKs. The district wise student’s allotment is as follows

                                                                          RHWEP  PROGRAMME

Orientation Programme

During orientation, the students were informed about the objectives, implementation of the programme, discipline to be maintained in the villages, collection of information, data analysis, problem identification, purpose of placing in Horticulture Based Industries, Research Stations and KVKs and the performance analysis of students during RHWEP were discussed.

 Schedule of events in RHWE Programme during 2016-17 to 2018-19

Sl.No.	RHWE Schedule	Duration
1	Orientation programme	2 weeks
2	Village stay at RSK/Hobli level	12 weeks
3	Placement programme	5 weeks
4	Report writing and final examination	2 weeks
Total		21 weeks

Schedule of events for conducting RHWE programme during 2019-20 to 2021-22

Sl. No.	Activities	Duration (Weeks)
1.	General Orientation	01 Week
2.	Placement in RSKs/Practical work in villages/ Placement in Villages(Orientation –Departments, Village attachment and establishment of Plant Health clinic/ Information center/Crop Museum & Advisory Service at Raitha Samparka Kendra (RSK), Practical work in villages and Krishimela)	12 Weeks
3.	Attachment / Placement in KVKs/ Research stations and other units	02 Weeks
4.	Horticultural Based Industry placement	04 Weeks
5.	Report writing, Group discussion and Final Examination	02 Weeks
Total		21 weeks

Course content of RHWE for B. Sc. (Hons.) Horticulture from the Academic Year 2016-17 to 2018-19

Group	Course No.	Course Title	Department wise Credit Hours
Group   I	RHWE – 401	Horticultural Crop Production (0+5)	RHWE – F.Sc. 401 (0+1) RHWE – V.Sc. 401 (0+1) RHWE – FLA 401 (0+1) RHWE – PMA 401 (0+1) RHWE – PHT, AMB & FSN 401 (0+1)
Group   II	RHWE – 402	Natural Resources Management (0+4)	RHWE – AGR 402 (0+1) RHWE – SSC 402 (0+1) RHWE – AEG 402 (0+1) RHWE – AEC 402 (0+1)
Group III	RHWE – 403	Crop Improvement (0+2)	RHWE – GPB&SST 403 (0+1) RHWE – CP & FES 403 (0+1)
Group IV	RHWE – 404	Crop Protection (0+2)	RHWE – HET 404 (0+1) RHWE – HPT 404 (0+1)
Group V	RHWE – 405	Practical Work in Villages (0+4)	RHWE – HEX 405 (0+4)
Group VI	RHWE – 406	Horticultural Based Industry (0+3)	RHWE – HBI 406 (0+3)

 Courses offered for RHWEP for B. Sc. (Hons.) Horticulture from the academic year  2019-20

Sl. No	Details of Course Number	Course Credit Hours	Course Title	Duration (Weeks)	Concerned Department involved for Monitoring and Evaluation
Orientation Programme				01	All subjects
Village Attachment				12
1	SRH- 411	0+5	Horticultural Crop Production		Fruit science, Vegetable science, Floriculture and  Landscape and Architecture, Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops, Post Harvest Technology and Food science and Nutrition
2	SRH- 412	0+2	Crop Improvement		Genetics and Plant Breeding, Seed Science and Technology, Crop Physiology and Biotechnology
3	SRH- 413	0+2	Crop Protection		Entomology and Plant Pathology
4	SRH- 414	0+2	Natural Resources Management		Agronomy, Soil Science and Argil. Chemistry, Agricultural Engineering and Agricultural Microbiology
5	SRH- 415	0+4	Practical work in villages, Agril. Extension and Transfer of Technologies, information center/crop museum, plant clinic.		Agricultural Extension
6	SRH- 416	0+2	Placement in KVKs/ Research Stations and other Units	02	Agricultural Extension
7	SRH- 417	0+3	Horticultural Based Industry Placement	04	Concerned teacher of the Fruit science, Vegetable science, Floriculture, Landscape and Architecture, Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops, Post Harvest Technology and Other related departments
8	Report writing, Group Discussion and Final Examination			02
Total No. of Credits		20		21 weeks