*Indigenous students are encouraged to apply
This two-week field intensive focuses on experiencing innovative and sustainable agro-ecosystems supporting rural communities in India. It involves field trip to the state of Punjab, India to learn about diverse, climate-adaptive, sustainable farming systems and the self-sustaining, resilient ways of ‘village living’ by interacting with the farming families, and students and experts from Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), Ludhiana, and Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh. This trip will offer a unique on-ground experience on integrated perspective of rural living and sustainable agro-ecosystems which will help our non-Indigenous students understand, and Indigenous students reaffirm, the low-impact, self-sustainable, practical ways of living which are crucial yet missing in our modern learning approaches.
The first week will include visiting 1-2 villages & farms around Chandigarh, while staying at PU. 5-7 PU students & academics will join our team to share local knowledge. The group will then visit two farms (& villages) near Ludhiana and we will stay at PAU. Then, we will visit another farm/village, and will stay at the farm. A final workshop will be held in the last week at PU, Chandigarh. We may also visit some places in lower Himalayas, depending on time.
Students from universities other than CDU can attend through cross-institutional enrolment into these units.
Contact: Kamaljit.Sangha@cdu.edu.au or 08 8946 6792
Date: November 2023
Numbers: Maximum of 15 places available
Duration: 14 days
Applications due date: 1 August 2023
Funding: OS-HELP loans for domestic Australian students and New Colombo Plan scholarship ($3,000) for domestic Australian students