Goa, Sept. 19 -- Agriculture edu cation stepped beyond the classroom as fourth-year students of the Goa College of Agriculture introduced schoolchildren across Goa to innovative methods of food production through a series of practical demon strations on hydroponics and kitchen gardening. The initiative, conducted in approximately 30 schools across the State, was or ganised under the Institute Attachment component of the Rural Agricultural Work Experience (RAWE) Pro gramme, in collaboration with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

The pro gramme aimed to familiarise young learners with simple, space-efficient and environ mentally responsible ap proaches to growing food. Rather than limiting ag ricultural education to text books, the stu...