RURAL FORESTRY WORK EXPERIENCE (RFWF – 401) COLLEGE OF FORESTRY, SIRSI
Dec 30, 2015
RURAL FORESTRY WORK EXPERIENCE(RFWF – 401)COLLEGE OF FORESTRY, SIRSI
Forestry education is an important tool in ensuring incarcerated forest productivity, sustainability, environmental and ecological security, profitability, job security and equity
Thus, RAWE is a learner centered approach of exposing students using principles of “Learning By Doing” and to provide direction to think and act on their own.
The learning process imparts a direction to the students to think and act which creates self- confidence. Self confidence is the key in rural practical oriented learning
It offers a direction to the students to develop their competence, capability and ability, capacity building, acquiring skills and expertise in addition to personality development.
RAWE is one of the best means to produce well trained, forestry graduates with broad based knowledge and techniques to meet the emerging challenges of the industries and development departments
CONCEPT
About RFWE
RFWE Course is offered in the 7th Semester of B.Sc(For) degree Programme Duration of RFWE is of six months duration No of credits for RFWE is 20. So far 238 students have participated and completed the course The result is evaluated on 10 point scale
Components of RFWE
Forest Stay and Eco – Tourism 0+9 Wild Life Management 0+1 Placement with Forest Dept/KVK/Research
Stations 0+2 Placement with Forest based Industries 0+2 Placement with Plantation
Farmers/Entrepreneurs/NGOs 0+2 Forest Entrepreneurship Development 0+1 All India Study Tour 0+2 Weapon Training 0+1
Break-up of workload for semester of 21 weeks
S No Activity Duration
1 Orientation 1week
2 Placement of Forest area 9weeks
3 Placement with KVK 1week
4 Placement with Industries 2weeks
5 All India Study Tour 3weeks
6 Report writing and written examination 2weeks
7 Weapon training 1week
8 Attachment with Forest department 2weeks
Placement areas
SFTC Tattihalla Kulagi Anasi Prabhunagar Ambewadi ARS, Malagi West Coast Paper Mills Dandeli Sesa-Goa Mining area Nagara Hole
Important innovations/technologiesintroduced as part of RAWE
Agro Forestry systems Cultivation of Medicinal plants Identification of birds, trees. Assessing impact of JFPM on livelihood of
farm families Integrated pest and disease management Mushroom cultivation Vermicompost preparation, use of bio
fertilizers Raising and plantation seedling nursery
GIRTH AND LENGTH ESTIMATION OF LOGS
DOCUMENTATION OF SPECIES DIVERSITY
INTERACTION WITH FOREST DEPARTMENT STAFF
PRACTICAL ON WOOD WORKING MACHINES
PREPARATION OF BIO – FERTILIZER PITS
Planting of Melia dubia plants
Discussion with DCF, Dandeli
AIR QUALITY ASSESMENT IN MINING AREA IN CHITRADURGA
IDENTIFICATION OF ANIMAL SIGNS (PUG MARKS))
PRACTICAL ON INTEGRATED FARMING SYSTEM MODEL
FOREST SURVEY PRACTICAL
Mensuration practical
LECTURE ON ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS TO SCHOOL CHILDREN
Discussion with Panchayat Members on Village Forest Committees and RD Programmes
WEAPON TRAINING AT DHARWAD