Nearly 200 students aged 27 years to 75 years have enlisted for a three year open and distance education course called Bachelor of Farm Technology (BFT) at the Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, Coimbatore. The course was conceived by the Vice Chancellor, who observed that 10th class school dropouts who are into farming in Israel were so well informed. The oldest student Mr Sundaranand is 80 years old. He feels that now he is now equipped with more scientific knowledge and approaches farming differently. He firmly believes that farmers should be aware of new technologies.
The teachers appreciate the fact that the 'older' students are very eager to learn.
The course aims to create awareness among people about the many new technologies, crop growing, inputs and subsidies that the Government offers to farmers. In fact there is one paper in the last semester that deals with effective management of labour.
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