Conhecendo a Ranicultura e os cursos do CCHSA

Abstract

Frog farming is an activity practiced in the south and south-east of Brazil, but is unknown in the north-east. This gave rise to the idea of raising awareness of this activity through an extension project entitled „Getting to Know Frog Farming and the CCHSA/UFPB‟, which aims to promote frog farming as well as the technical and undergraduate courses offered by the institution. This study follows a four-stage structure. The first stage involved organizing the material to be used during the visits and preparing a PowerPoint presentation on frog farming. The second stage involved planning and carrying out an „active outreach‟ campaign to the target audience, comprising students from state and municipal institutions located in the municipalities of Solânea and Bananeiras in Paraíba. The third stage involved organizing the booking records for the visits so that they did not overlap on the same day. Finally, the fourth stage of the project consisted of hosting the visits themselves, followed by the administration of a questionnaire of great importance for the improvement of the project itself. Visitors spent some time in the classroom for the theoretical part on the frog farming production chain, including with the aid of information leaflets on the courses; after that, they were taken to the production area to see frog farming in practice and, on some occasions, to take part in the meat processing. It became evident that the activities to promote raniculture through the extension programmed facilitated the assimilation of academic content through practical experience. The diversity of the audiences served enriched the process, fostering the development of interpersonal skills among those involved. Consequently, the project consolidated the professional and personal growth of the extension student intern, serving as an essential step towards their future career, whilst also promoting frog farming in the Brazilian Northeast.