The author has provided a sufficiently critical evaluation of the RAWE Programme in this book as it is an integral part of the agriculture graduate to gain practical learning experience. RAWE introduces students to the ideas of "learning by doing" and "seeing is believing", and encourages them to think and act independently. This experiential agricultural education approach offers a lot of promise for providing superior agricultural technocrats with a high degree of expertise combined with a modern outlook and managerial ability. A learner-centered approach, such as RAWE, has been shown to be...

West Bengal is enormously blessed with a thousand and one opportunities in the untapped areas of animal husbandry, fisheries, and food processing. Dairying is considered to be playing a crucial role in the economy of our state. Livestock comprising mainly cattle and buffaloes has a complimentary, supplementary, and sustainable relationship with crops under the mixed farming system prevalent in our country. Thus, the rural economy is closely associated with dairy farming, which plays a vital role in our country's economy. It also helps in augmenting the food supply, generating employment, and...