Exposure Visit Training Programme
The Objectives of the Programme was to expose the farmers to the various kinds of effective technologies that are being gainfully used in agriculture in the modern times. To elicit how modern technologies judiciously combined with age old time tested natural farming methodologies can effectively solve many of the current problems that the present Day farmers face was also another sub theme of the programme.
The Exposure was innovatively designed the Participants were taken on an exposure tour to different agriculture centres of Tamil Nadu and Agriculture Universities and centre where Organic agriculture is being practiced successfully. The Participants had face to face conversation with actual practitioners of different modes of agriculture and spent enough time in the farmsteads of the Practitioners. They also visited the two Coimbatore agricultural colleges and the Madurai Agricultural College Spent two days with agricultural experts and research scholars. They had fruitful discussions with experts farmers and Technology users both Organic and modern. The ten days exposure Programme was of immense use to the Participants and their confidence was reinforced and we could find the New found commitment and dedication in the Participating farmers.