A Mock Field Experience Training (FET) program was organised in Siddapur Village, Kothur Mandal, Ranga Reddy district for the participants of 114th FOCARS of ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad on August 7, 2025.
This exercise was organized as a part of the course schedule of 114th FOCARS in order to provide a platform wherein the budding scientists could learn contemporary agricultural scenario through participatory rural appraisal (PRA) tools with the guidance of farmers under village environment, so that they will adopt them during their work at various scientific institutions.
Dr. Gopal Lal, Director, ICAR-NAARM stressed the need for realistic and practical solutions for the problems faced by the farmers. He distributed seedlings of medicinal and aromatic plants to the farmers.
Earlier the scientist-probationers along with key informants from the village, visited agricultural fields, interacted with farmers and collected information on basic information, seasonal calendar, gender disaggregation calendar and agro-ecological information towards identifying the agricultural problems and suggesting the appropriate solutions. Later in a meeting, the scientists triangulated the collected data through interaction with farmers and farm women.
R. Venkattakumar, Ahire Laxman and Umesh Hudedamani organized the event.
https://naarm.org.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Mock-FET-News_114-FOCARS.pdf
