FOUNDATION FOR ORGANIC & RURAL DEVELOPMENT

RAWE/TRAININGS

Content of the training programme as follows:

ComponentCourse contentEligibilityFees(in Rs.)
Apiculture(Bee keeping)· What is bee keeping?· Bee keeping practices
· Basics of bee keeping

· The queen, the workers and the drone

· Life cycle of honey bee

· Harvest and honey extraction and marketing
10+2/Under Graduate/Post Graduate4000.00
Sericulture· What is silk and types of silks?· How silk is produced?
· Requirements for silk production

· Benefit of silk production
10+2/Under Graduate/Post Graduate4000.00
Mushroom cultivation training· What is mushroom, structure, taxonomy and types?· Requirements for mushroom cultivation
· Steps of cultivation (Spawn, compost, cropping, processing, value addition, marketing etc.
10+2/Under Graduate/Post Graduate4000.00
Non Organization (NGO)· What is NGO and its formation?· Objectives of NGO
· Role of NGO in rural development

· NGO and community development
Under Graduate/Post Graduate4000.00
Socio economic survey at village level· Essential of preliminary survey· Need assessment
· Development of questionnaire

· Use of survey technique/tool

· Field visit

· Utilization of soft skills

· Data collection and analysis

· Report writing with citation and references
Under Graduate/ Post Graduate4000.00
Organic (Compost) farming· What is organic farming?· Demerits of current chemical rich farming
· IFOAM standards for organic production

· National Standard for Organic Production (NPOP)

· Conversion, certification, labelling and transport of organic produce

· Brief about organic inputs
10+2/Graduate/Post Graduate4000.00