Group V: SRA 415 (0+2)
Plant Clinic / Information Centre / Crop Museum Establishment
The students shall be given an opportunity to establish plant clinic at RSK and Plant Clinic cum Information Centre along with Crop Museum at allotted villages as part of village stay practical. Activities of Plant Clinic includes Soil and Water sample collection and analysis. Display of specimens or objects related to nutrient deficiency, pest and disease problems, weeds etc., at RSK and in the information centre in the village. Further, they have to establish Information Centre depicting village information, farming system, major crops/enterprises, problems identified and plan of work in the centre. In addition to this, they are suppose to establish crop museum using latest varieties of local important crops, some skill teaching activities like seed germination test, vermi compost preparation, detection of fertilizer adulteration etc., apart from providing advisory service to farmers.