WBCHSE HS Vocational Agriculture case studies
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The WBCHSE Higher Secondary Vocational Agriculture is a two-year vocational stream course offered by the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education for Class XI and XII students who want a practical, work-oriented route through higher secondary school rather than a purely academic one. It suits learners aiming at farm work, rural enterprise, agri-input dealerships, livestock or fishery units, or progression into agricultural diploma and degree programmes, and it also gives a grounding for students who simply want to manage family land better. The WBCHSE HS Vocational Agriculture case studies are 5 cases and about 4,160 words.
1Lateritic groundnut plot: lime, DAP and a 4% slope
A farmer in the red-lateritic belt of Bankura owns 1.2 ha of sandy loam with pH 5.3 (1:2.5 soil:water), organic carbon 0.38%, low available nitrogen, 18 kg/ha available P2O5 and CEC 6.2 cmol(p+)/kg. The field slopes about 4% towards a seasonal stream and shows fresh rills after every heavy shower.
776 words, about 4 min2Tomato with flower drop, blossom-end rot and fruit borer
A grower in Hooghly has 0.4 ha of tomato transplanted on 20 December on raised beds under drip. By 20 March the crop is at the end of the third truss.
830 words, about 4 min3Boro paddy water balance and a second-hand tractor offer
A farmer in Purba Bardhaman has 2.0 ha of boro paddy on a sandy loam that percolates freely. Water is lifted from a canal-side pit by a 3 HP diesel pump set that delivers about 8 L/s at his working head of 20 m.
839 words, about 4 min4Herd-level milk drop, a CMT-positive quarter and an antibiotic notice
A dairy farmer in Nadia milks eight crossbred cows (HF × Jersey) twice a day and sells to the village cooperative, which pays on fat and SNF. Average yield has fallen from 12.0 to 9.0 litres/day over the past three weeks; herd fat has slipped from 4.1% to 3.4%.
902 words, about 5 min5FPO mango marketing: Delhi trader versus the pulp unit
A 40-member FPO in Nadia has 60 tonnes of Himsagar mango to be harvested over three weeks. The local wholesale market is absorbing about 15 tonnes a week at ₹14/kg farm gate; anything beyond that has been going at ₹9-10/kg.
813 words, about 4 min