Semester: VII

STUDENT ‘READY’ PROGRAMME

Sl. Module Credit

Course Title
No. hrs.
1. I Rural Awareness Works Experience (RAWE) 0+10
2. II Agribusiness Student Project 0+10
Total 0+20

Module I: Rural Awareness Works Experience (RAWE) (0+10)

Sl. Modules
No.
1. Orientation Programme
2.  Village attachment
 Exposure to the socio economic and cultural milieu
 visit to the farmers field
 collection of data and analysis
 Understanding farming practices,
 Study the support service linkages with institutional and non- institutional agencies
 Understanding marketing practices of farming community
 Exposure visit to Local Self-Governments, Rural Development Institutions, Co-
operatives, Financial and Marketing Institutions etc.
 SWOC Analysis and preparation of Optimum Farm Plans
3. Report Writing and Evaluation

Module II: Student Project Work (0+10)

The students have to do a project work on organizational/managerial/institutional/operational

aspects related to Agri-business enterprises, Co-operative enterprises, financial and agri-
marketing institutions and other related areas.

The Project Work has the following definite objectives:

a) To equip the students to identify and analyze the organizational, managerial and operational
problems of various organizations involved in socio-economic development activities;
b) To train the students in the collection, classification, tabulation, analysis, presentation and
interpretation of data; and
c) To assist the students to acquire the report writing skills

The first two weeks, review of relevant literatures and identify the topic for
project work in consultation with the project guide/teacher. Then the student shall make a

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presentation of the project proposal before an Evaluation Committee for approval. The
presentation has to cover the statement of the problem, objectives, sampling design, techniques
of data collection and analysis. After the project work is over the student has to submit the
project report in the prescribed format. The committee constituted for the purpose will evaluate
the work.

1.1 Introduction:

This programme will be undertaken by the students during the seventh semester for a
total duration of twenty weeks with a weightages of (0+20) credit hours. The student will
undertake the following two components

a) Village attachment to understand the socio-economic conditions of the farmers, the

agribusiness environment and allied enterprises undertaken by them.
b) Project work on different aspects related to various enterprises such as Agribusiness
enterprises Cooperative enterprises, Financial and Agri-marketing institutions etc.

At the end of the RAWE/SPW, the students will prepare a project report and submit for final
evaluation.

Rural Awareness Work Experience and Student Project Work (0+20)

a. Village Attachment (0+10)

b. Student Project Work (0+10)

1.2 Objectives:

i. To familiarize the students with socio- economic conditions of agri-entrepreneurs and

problems come across in agribusiness and marketing of agril. Products.
ii. To provide an opportunity to the students to study the organizational structure, functions /
roles and responsibilities of marketing, processing co-operative and financial
organizations in agricultural development.
iii. To provide an opportunity to students to acquire practical management skills through
working with different marketing, processing, co-operative and financial organizations to
develop entrepreneurship.
iv. To train the students in the collection, classification, tabulation, analysis, presentation and
interpretation of data and
v. To assist the students to acquire the report writing skills.

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 1.3 Duration:
The RAWE/SPW programme will be offered during VIIth semester of B.Sc.
(Honors) Agri. Business Management degree programme and will be for one full
semester of 20 weeks. The break-up of 20 weeks for various components will be as
follows:

Sr. No. Particulars Duration Credit hours

1 Registration, Orientation 1 Week
2 Rural Awareness Work Experience (RAWE) 10
-Village attachment
7 Weeks

3 Student Project Work (SPW) 7 Weeks 10

4 Report writing
4 Weeks

5 Evaluation 1 Week
Total 20 Weeks 20

1.4 Eligibility:

As per the provisions of the academic rules approved by MCAER, Pune from time to
time, students who are eligible for registration to VIIth semester will undergo RAWE-SPW.
Once the students register for this programme, they will not be allowed to register for any other
courses.

1.5 Registration:
The students shall first register for RAWE-SPW programme at concerned College on the
date notified by the University / Associate Dean/ Principal of the College. After registration at
the College, student will report to the Coordinator of the RAWE-SPW programme to whom
students are attached.

1.6 Orientation programme:

The orientation regarding work to be completed during the programme will be given to
the students by SMS of all subjects in presence of Coordinator.

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1.7 Selection of placement centres for RAWE-SPW:
The selection of organizations / units / farmers will have to be done by the principal / his
nominee well in advance.

1.8 Selection of villages / towns:

Five to Six students will be placed in each village, therefore on the basis of number of
students the sufficient number of villages should be selected by the principal / co-ordinator of the
colleges well in advance.

1.9 Placement of the students:

The students after orientation should report to the concerned host farmer allotted to them.
They should report to the concerned placement centre within seven days after registration. Once
the students are allotted to a particular placement centre, they will not be allowed to change the
placement. After completion of RAWE program students are transferred to student project work
in selected unit.

1.10 Formation of Advisory Committee:

There will be an Advisory Committee at each college. This committee consists of
following officers.
i. Principal / Vice Principal of ABM - Member
ii. Representative from concerned University - Chairman
(At least a cadre of Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics)
iii. Co-ordinator- RAWE-SPW - Member Secretary
iv. ABS (Agri Business Specialist) - Member
v. SMS from the field of Agricultural Marketing/ABM - Member
vi. SMS from the field of Agricultural Sciences - Member
vii. SMS from the field of Agril. Economics - Member

Advisory Committee will be responsible to formulation of the programmes for the

students; got it executed, supervised and scrutinized the work of students. The advisory
committee shall meet periodically to review and monitor the programme.

1.11 Agri. Business Specialist (ABS):

The principal of the concerned college will appoint one ABS for a group of adequate
number of students to supervise the activities at the centre. Number of ABS to be appointed will
depend upon the number, distance from organization / units / farmers considered for the
programme.

1.12 Subject matter specialist:

The subject matter specialist from each major discipline will be appointed by the principal
of the concern college. The SMS will be responsible to guide the students and solve the practical
difficulties during the programme. The individual SMS or the team of the SMS will visit the
students at least once in a month.

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1.13 Attendance and Discipline:
The students should have minimum 80 per cent attendance in programme If the
attendance of the student is in between 65 to 80 per cent and the absence is on valid ground as
recommended by the Advisory Committee Members, the Chairman of the Advisory Committee
may condone the attendance on such grounds and such a student shall be permitted to stay in the
organization / Institution / agro-based industry over and above the regular period to make-up this
shortage of attendance. The Advisory Committee will assign the specific additional work to such
student during these days. If any student fails in fulfilling minimum attendance of 65 per cent,
his registration for the programme will be cancelled and he will have to repeat the RAWE-SPW
programme.
The students will be allowed to leave the place of placement only under
exceptional conditions viz. (I) illness and unforeseen circumstances (ii) for appearing semester
end examination (repeat) of one or more courses and (iii) whenever called by the Associate
Dean/Principal/ Chairman/Co-ordinator of the Advisory Committee. The student who desires to
leave the place of placement shall obtain written permission from the Chairman of the Advisory
Committee.
During their stay in the organization, students shall work for 6 days in every week
and will have a weekly holiday on every Sunday. They will not avail other holidays notified by
the University.
The Students shall maintain good discipline during entire period of their
placement in the organization / institution / agro based industry and their behaviour in the
organization / Institution / agro based industry should be good. Any misconduct of the students
in the organization /institution agro-based will be viewed seriously and such students will be
expelled from the RAWE-SPW programme.

1.14 Daily and Weekly work diary:

The students will visit the farm/organisation/industry/institution and record the details of
the different operations carried out and maintain daily work diary. They will also maintain the
weekly work diary and will submit it to the Chairman of the Advisory Committee and ABS.
ABS will check the weekly diaries of all the students and he will give suggestions for proper
working and accordingly assign the marks.

1.15 Supervision and Monitoring of Students:

 A group of students will be allotted to each ABS.
 ABS will visit at least once in a week and also attend the monthly meetings.
 The Principal / Associate Dean will visit at least two times to the placement centre during
the duration of programme and give guidance to the students.
 The SMS will visit at least two times in a single identified villages/enterprise
organization / Institution / agro based industry.

1.16 Evaluation: Components of RAWE-SPW programme, credits and marks allotted

The work to be carried out by the students during RAWE-SPW programme is divided into
six major activities and will be evaluated for 20 credits. The details of which are given as below.

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The evaluation for 50 per cent marks of the programme will be done by the Monitoring and
Supervision Committee (Internal Evaluation) of concerned colleges and remaining 50
percent marks evaluation will be carried out by the DI’s Nominee

The evaluation of the students should be done on the following points

Sr. No. Particulars Weightage Remark

1 Attendance 5% To mark the attendance of the students by the
concerned ABS daily for every practical
2 Daily worksheet 5% Daily worksheet of the student duly signed by
ABS
3 Work performed 20 % a) Review of literature
b) Resource Management
c) Time Management
d) Project Content
e) Conclusions
4 Work quality 20% Demonstration / Bankable Proposal/
Experience learned, Hands on training
5 Power point 10 % Knowledge of the subject, Preparation of the
presentation topic, Presentation skill, Gesture, flow of
presentation and time management
6 Outcome of the 10% Experience gained, skills acquired / learned
Experiential Learning etc.
programme
7 Report writing 15 % As per specifications of technical report
writing
8 Viva – voce 15 % --
The evaluation of the programme will be done by Monitoring and Supervision Committee
(Internal Evaluation) and DI’s Nominee in the ratio of 50: 50. Programme will be evaluated for
20 credits.
1.17 Grading and repeat RAWE-SPW
The gradation would be in 0-10 point scale. The grade point shall be on the
basis of actual percentage of marks obtained by the students in the entire RAWE-
SPW programme divided by 10 and expressed to one decimal point.
A student seeking less than 50 per cent of marks in the entire RAWE- SPW
programme would be declared as failed and he/she shall admit the RAWE- SPW
programme as and when offered next.

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 General Guidelines

 Each student will select one Farmer for socio-economic survey.

 Student will work detail cost of cultivation of the farmer.
 Students will study and work out Marketing channels, Price-spread, Producers Share in
consumer Rupee of minimum two commodities having different marketing channels, grown by
farmer in current season.

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Module II: STUDENT PROJECT WORK
Credits: 10 = 0 +10 Semester – VII

Sr. DETAILS
No.
1) Selection of any agribusiness with consultation of ABS and Committee
members for the project work.
2) Identifying the problem and deciding the project title
3) Finalizing the objectives.
4) Formulation of hypothesis
5) Sampling design and Sampling process
6) Study of tools and techniques for data analysis
7) Review of literature.
8) Collecting the data.
9) Analysis of data
10) Results and discussion
11) Summary and Conclusions
12) Report Writing and Evaluation

Students Agribusiness Projects: Guidelines

1. Introduction
The students Agribusiness projects is a critical part of the B.Sc. (Hons) ABM programme. It
provides the students to learn business as well as entrepreneurial skills with the intention of
embracing entrepreneurship on their own. The important points need to be covered in the
students Agribusiness projects are choosing a topic, framing the objectives, methodology,
collecting the data, analysis of data and interpretation of data and finally writing of the final
report.

2. Purpose of a Students Agribusiness projects

In general, a student’s project involves formulating an original idea or area of inquiry. It is

expected that a student’s project contributes in understanding different perspectives of business

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or an enterprise from staring a business, overcoming the constrains, confidence in taking risk
which will pave the way for the student to pursue a business or an enterprise after graduation.

3. Structure of Students Agribusiness projects

A good proposal will not only help the student to think about the structure of arguments but also
about the kind of information needed to write the project .A proposed structure of Students
Agribusiness projects shall include:
a. Students Agribusiness projects title
It should be a concise statement and fully explanatory when standing alone.
b. Abstract
It is a brief, comprehensive summary of the contents of the Students Agribusiness
projects. It is a synopsis, of the most important points in a report and provides readers
with a preview of the full contents. It can be specified in 250words. It consists of a short
statement of the problem, a brief description of the methods and procedures adopted and a
condensed summary of the findings of the study.
c. Acknowledgments
Citations accorded to the persons who in one way or another had helped in the realization
of the Student Project. This includes names of individuals or companies/agencies that the
researcher was indebted to, such as reading materials, facilities used or financial support
to the researcher.
d. Certificate
Student’s project certificate is the declaration by the student that the student has
completed his/her original project work certified by a teacher that it is the bonafide work
of the student under his/her guidance.
e. Table of contents
This contains specific topics, the overall organization and content of the research and
specific and supplemental materials, such as appendices.
f. List of tables
The student needs to list each table by number and title and indicate page numbers. The
titles are capitalized in either sentence or in headline style.
g. List of Figures
Any graphic aid, such as bar graph, map or flowchart that is not a table with numbers or
words in columns is called a figure. The list of figures follows the table of contents. List
each figure by both number and title and indicate page numbers.

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4. Generalities of the Study
a. Introduction of the Study
Introductory chapter is the explanation of how the study relates or is relevant to the area
in focus. It should contain a brief statement of the problem investigated. It should outline
the scope, aim; general character of the research and the reasons for the student’s interest
in the problem. This chapter includes Statement of the Problem, Significance of the
Study, Research Objectives, and Limitations of the Research and Organization of the
Study.
b. Research Methodology
Research methodology is an overall action plan for research. Methodology is the logic or
series of steps that connects a given set of research questions (uncertainties or gaps
related to the economic, business and social world) and to the conclusions arrived at. It
encompasses the selection of research methods, the design of data gathering instruments
like interview or self-administered questionnaire schedules, gaining access to the research
site, sampling, and data analysis.

c. Results and discussion

The results and discussion section is referred to as the data presentation, analysis, and
interpretation section. The student will present the results, show the analysis, and
interpret the outcome of the analysis.
d. Summary of the Findings
This usually refers to the totality of outcomes, rather than the conclusions or
recommendations drawn from them.
e. References
A list of books and other publications that have been used and referred to, in the text.
f. Appendix
Supplementary material which could relate but is not central to the topic should be
included in appendices.

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Guidelines for the report writing of VIIth semester programme of ABM
1) Each students should submit report independently
2) The report should be in types format with the following standards
Total copies of the report to be submitted 2 copies
Binding Spiral / Hard binding
Page size A4 with above 80 gcm
Left margin 1.3”
Other margins 1”
Font Times New Roman
Chapter Heading Upper case Font size – 16, Bold
Heading Capitalized each word, Font size – 14, Bold
Subheading Sentences case, Font size-12 Bold
Body (text) Font size 12 normal

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