AST 101 : Mathematics
Definition, Kinds of inflation
Elementary set theory, Determinant upto third order, Cofactors
and minors, Multiplication of determinants, Adjugate and
reciprocal, Solution of linear equations by Cramer's rule,
Matrices: Basic operations, Inverse and transpose of matrix,
Rank of a matrix, solution by matrix method, Solution of system
of linear equations, Elementary concepts of differentiation and
integration, Curve fitting.
AEX 151: Fundamentals of Rural Sociology
AEC 151: Principles of Agricultural Economics
Economics : Meaning, Definition, Subject matter, Divisions
of Economics, Importance of Economics; Agricultural Economics
:. Meaning, Definition; Basic Concepts: Goods, Service, Utility,
Value, Price, Wealth, Welfare. Wants: Meaning, Characteristics,
Classifications of Wants, Importance. Theory of consumption:
Law of Diminishing Marginal utility, Meaning, Definition,
Assumption, Limitations, Importance. Consumer's surplus:
Meaning, Definition, Importance. Demand: Meaning, Definition,
Kinds of Demand, Demand schedule, Demand Curve, Law of
Demand, Extension and Contraction Vs Increase and Decrease in
Demand. Elasticity of Demand: Types of Elasticity of Demand,
Degrees of price elasticity of Demand, Methods of Measuring
Elasticity, Factors influencing elasticity of Demand, Importance
of Elasticity of Demand. Welfare Economics: Meaning, Pareto's
optimality. National Income: Concepts, Measurement. Public
Finance: Meaning, Principles. Public Resource: Meaning, Services
Tax, Meaning, and Classification of Taxes: Cannons of Taxation,
Public expenditure: Meaning, Principles. Inflation: Meaning,
Rural Sociology: Meaning, concept, importance in
agricultural Extension; Social Group: Meaning, concept and
classification. Social Stratification: Meaning, function, forms of
stratification, Difference between class and caste system.
Cultural concept: Culture, customs, folkways, Mores, Taboos,
Rituals, Tradition. Basic Social Institutions: Meaning, concept,
Institutionalization process. Social Change: Meaning, concept,
Factors of social change, Theories of social change. Leadership:
Concept, Types of leadership. Basic Social Process: Cooperation,
Competition, Assimilation, Accommodation, Acculturation.
Educational Psychology: Meaning, concept, importance in
agricultural extension. Intelligence: Meaning, concept, types,
Factors affecting intelligence, intelligence Quotient. Teaching Learning Process: Meaning, concept of teaching, learning,
elements of learning. Personality: Meaning, concept,
characteristics and factors influencing personality.
AST 201: Agricultural Statistics
Theory : Introduction: Definition of Statistics and its use and
limitations; Frequency Distribution and Frequency Curves;
Measures of Central Tendency: Characteristics of Ideal Average,
Arithmetic Mean; Median, Mode, Merits and Dements of
Arithmetic Mean; Measures of Dispersion: Standard Deviation,
Variance and Coefficient of Variation; Probability: Definition and
concept of probability; Normal Distribution and its properties;
Introduction to Sampling: Random Sampling; the concept of
Standard Error; Tests of Significance- Types of Errors, Null
Hypothesis, Level of Significance and Degrees of Freedom, Steps
involved in testing of hypothesis; Large Sample Test- SND test for
Means, Single Sample and Two Samples (all types); Small Sample
Test for Means, Student's t-test for Single Sample, Two Samples
and Paired t test. F test; Chi-Square Test in 2x2 Contingency
Table, Yates' Correction for continuity; Correlation: Types of
Correlation and identification through Scatter Diagram,
Computation of Correlation Coefficient Y and its testing. Linear
Regression: of Y on X and X on Y. Inter-relation between Y and
the regression coefficients, fitting of regression equations.
Experimental Designs; Basic Designs, Completely Randomized
Design (CRD), Layout and analysts with equal and unequal
number of observations, Randomized Block Design (RBD),
Layout and analysis, Latin Square Design (LSD), Layout and
analysis.
AEC201: Agricultural Finance and Co-operation
Theory : Agricultural finance: nature and scope. Time value of
money, Compounding and Discounting. Agricultural credit:
meaning, definition, need, classification. Credit analysis: 4R's
5C's and 7 P's of credit, repayment plans. History of financing
agriculture in India. Commercial banks, nationalization of
commercial banks. Lead bank scheme, regional rural banks, scale
of finance. Higher financing agencies, RBI, NABARD, AFC, Asian
Development Bank, World Bank, Insurance and Credit Guarantee
Corporation of India. Assessment of crop losses, determination of
compensation. Crop insurance, advantages and limitations in
application, estimation of crop yields. Agricultural cooperation:
philosophy and principles. History of Indian cooperative
Movement, pre-independence and post independence periods,
cooperation in different plan periods, cooperative credit
structure: PACS, FSCS. Reorganisation of cooperative credit
structure in Andhra Pradesh and single window system.
Successful cooperative systems in Gujarat, Maharastra. Punjab
etc.
AEC 251 : Agricultural Marketing, Trade and Prices
Agricultural Marketing : Concepts and Definition, Scope and
subject matter, Market and Marketing: Meaning, Definitions,
Components of a market, Classification. Market structure,
Conduct, performance. Marketing structure, Market functionaries
or agencies, Producer's surplus: Meaning, Types of producers
surplus, marketable surplus. Marketed surplus, importance,
Factors affecting Marketable surplus. Marketing channels:
Meaning, Definition, Channels for different products. Market
integration, Meaning, Definition, Types of Market Integration.
Marketing efficiency: Meaning, Definition, Marketing costs,
Margins and price spread, Factors affecting the cost of marketing,
Reasons for higher marketing costs of farm commodities, Ways
of reducing marketing costs. Theories of International Trade:
Domestic Trade, Free trade, International Trade, GATT, WTO,
Implications of AOA. Market access, Domestic support, Export
subsidies, EXIM-Policy & Ministerial conferences. Cooperative
Marketing. State Trading. Ware Housing Corporation; Central
and State, Objectives, Functions, Advantages. Food Corporation
of India: Objectives and Functions. Quality Control, Agricultural
Products, AGMARK. Price Characteristics of agricultural product
process, Meaning, Need for Agricultural Price l Policy. Risk in
Marketing: Meaning and importance, Types of Risk in Marketing.
Speculations and Hedging, Futures trading, Contract farming.
AEX 251: Concept of Dimensions of Agricultural
Extension
Theory : Education: Meaning, Definition, Types - Formal,
Informal and Non-formal education and their Characteristics.
Extension Education and Agricultural Extension: Meaning,
Definition, Concepts, Objectives and principles. Rural
Development: Meaning, Definition, Concepts, Objectives,
Importance and problems in rural development.
Developmental programmers of pre-independence era:
Sriniketan, Marthandam, Gurgaon experiment and Gandhian
constructive programme. Firka Development, Development
programmes of Post independence era: Etawah- Pilot project
and Nilokheri Experiment.
Community Development Programme: Meaning,Definition,
Concepts, Philosophy, Principles, Objectives, Differences
between Community Development and Extension Education,
National Extension service.
Panchayati Raj, 3-tiers of Panchayati Raj system Powers
Functions and Organizational setup. Agricultural Development
Programmes with reference to year of start, objectives and
salient features: Intensive Agricultural District Programme
(IADP), High Yielding Varieties Programme (HYVP), Institution
Village Linkage Programme (IVLP), Watershed Development
Programme (WDP), National Agricultural Technology Project
(NATP), ATMA, ATIC, NAIP. Social Justice and Poverty alleviation
programmes: Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA),
Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP), Swarna
Jayanthi Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SJGSY), Prime Minister
Employment Yojana (PMEY), new trends in extension,
privatization, Women Development programmes : Development
of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA), Rashtriya
Mahila Kosh (RMK), Integrated Child Development Scheme
(ICDS), and Mahila Samriddi Yojana (MSY), NREGA. Reorganized
extension system (T & V System): Salient features, Fort night
Meetings, Monthly workshops, Linkages, Merits and Demerits,
Emergence of Broad Based Extension (BBE).
AST 251: Introduction to Computer Application
Theory : Introduction to Computers, Anatomy of Computers,
Input and Output Devices. Units of Memory, Hardware, Software
and Classification of Computers. Personal Computers, Types of
Processors, booting of computer, warm and cold booting.
Computer Viruses, Worms and Vaccines. Operating System - DOS
and WINDOWS. Disk Operating System (DOS): Some fundamental
DOS Commands, FORMAT, DIR, COPY, PATH, LABEL, VOL, MD, CD
and DELTREE, Rules for naming files in DOS and Types of files.
WINDOWS: GUI, Desktop and its elements, WINDOWS Explorer,
working with files and folders; setting time and date, starting and
shutting down of WINDOWS. Anatomy of a < WINDOW, Title Bar,
Minimum, Maximum and Close Buttons, Scroll Bars, Menus and
Tool Bars. Applications - MSWORD: Word, processing and units
of document, features of word-processing packages. Creating,
Editing, Formatting and Saving a document in MSWORD;
MSEXCEL: Electronic Spreadsheets, concept, packages. Creating,
Editing and Saving a spreadsheet with MSEXCEL. Use of in-built
Statistical and other functions and writing expressions. Use of
Data Analysis Tools, Correlation and Regression, t-test for twosamples and ANOVA with One-way Classification. Creating
Graphs. MSACCESS: Concept of Database, Units of database,
creating database; Principles of Programming: Flow Charts and
Algorithms, illustration through examples. BASIC language,
VISUAL BASIC-concepts, basic and programming techniques.
AST 252 : Computer application in Statistics
All the following practicals will be taught by using
Statistical Softwares so as to make the students competent in
solving their problems.
Frequency distribution: Construction of table and its graphical
representation, histogram, frequency polygon, frequency curve,
bar chart, pie chart, scatter diagram, line diagram
Descriptive Statistics: Measures of mean; mode, standard
deviation, variance and coefficient of variation, percentiles,
quartile, and median for raw and grouped data
Tests of Significance: Large sample and small sample test: Z test,
Student's t-test, F test; Chi-Square test
Correlation : Computation of Correlation Coefficient Y and its
testing, linear Regression of Y on X and X on Y. Inter-relation
between V and the regression coefficients, fitting of regression
equations.
Experimental Designs: Analysis of Completely Randomized
Design (CRD), Randomized Block Design (RBD) and Latin Square
Design.
AEC 301: Production Economics and Farm Management
Theory : Production Economics: Meaning, Definition, Nature
and Scope of Agricultural Production Economics. Basic concepts
and terms. Concepts of Production. Production Functions:
Meaning, Definition, Types. Laws of returns: Increasing,
Constant and decreasing. Factor Product Relationship.
Determination of optimum input and output. Factor relationship.
Product relationship. Types of enterprise relationships. Returns
to scale: Meaning, Definition, Importance. Farm Management.
Economic principles applied to the organisations of farm
business. Types and systems of farming. Farm planning and
budgeting. Risk and uncertainty. Farm budgeting. Linear
programming: Assumptions, Advantages and Limitations of
Linear programming.
4. AEX 301 : Extension Methodology for Transfer of
Agricultural Technology
Theory : Extension Teaching Methods: Meaning, Definition,
Functions and classification. Individual Contact Methods; Farm
and Home Visit, Result Demonstration, Office Call, Telephone Call
-meaning, Objectives Steps, Merit and Demerits. Group Contact
Methods: Group Discussion, Methods Demonstration, Farmers
Day and Field Trips-, meaning, Objectives Steps, Merit and
Demerits. Small Group Discussion Techniques- Lecture,
Symposium, Panel, Buzz Group, Workshop, Brain Storming,
Seminar and Conference. Mass Contact Method: Mass Meeting,
Campiagn. Exhibition, Kisan Mela, Radio & Television- Meaning,
Importance, Steps, Merit and Demerits. Factors influencing in
selection and use of Extension Teaching.
Methods. Extension Teaching and Learning : Definition,
Characteristics and steps. Learning- Definition, elements and
principles of learning .Communication: Meaning, Definition,
Function, Models, elements and their characteristics. Extension
Programme Planning: Meaning definitions of Planning,
Programme, Projects, importance, Principles, Types and steps of
Extension Programme ,Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation of
Extension Programme. Diffusion and Adoption of Innovation:
Meaning, Definition, Models of Adoption process. Innovation Decision process - Elements, Adopter Categories and their
characteristics, and characteristics of Innovation. Innovation
Information Sources: Internet, Cyber Cafes, Video and Tele
Conference, Kisan Call centres. Agricultural Journalism: Meaning,
Scope and Importance, Sources of News, types, Merits and
Limitations.
Capacities Building of Extension Personnel and Farmers:
Meaning, Definition Importance, Types and Methods of training.
tools : Principle, mode of operation computer interfacing and
handling of-Digital Still camera, Digital Video Camera, Mobile
Phone, LCD Projector and Video-Conferencing systems.
Documentation using such tools.
Use of Internet Technologies : Concepts of Internet - its tools
and resources. Downloading and uploading information using
Internet. Acquaintance with different Internet search engines
and making need based search using specific criteria through
these systems. Basic concepts of web page designing.
Computer Networking : Concepts and forms of different
computer networking systems-LAN, WAN, MAN, Broadband
technologies. Concepts of Internet service Provider. Utilisation of
existing computer network in India.
Development of multimedia presentation skill: Introduction
to multimedia softwares - Flash, Photoshop, Power Point, Corel.
Operation of these software and creating interactive documents
using these softwares. Development of presentation skills
through LCD projector.
AST301: Information Technology in Agriculture
Information Technology in Agricultural Development :
Basics of Computer-hardware, software and Operating
systems. Concept of Security Systems and security software.
Introduction to popular word processor and spreadsheet
software.
Importance and scope of application of IT-enabled services in
different activities -Distance education, Virtual classroom, egovernance, village service centre. IT in research, extension,
planning and management in agriculture. Utilising expert system
software for decision support system in agriculture. Success
stories of Information & Communication Technology (ICT)
Application of Information and Communication Technology
application in rural India -e-choupal, Gyandoot, SATCOM, Drishti
Telecentre etc.
AEX 302 : Application of Information Technology in
Agriculture
1. Awareness of basic computer hardware and operating
systems software
2. Operation of popular word processor and spreadsheet
software Handling of ICT tools - Digital Still camera, Digital
Video Camera, Mobile Phone-, LCD Projector and VideoConferencing systems
3. Development of documents using ICT tools
4. Identification of Internet tools and resources
5. Acquaintance with Internet searching methodologies using
popular search engines
6. Methods of Web page designing
7. Acquaintance with existing computer network systems
8. Preparation of documents using multimedia software
9. Presentation of multimedia documents using LCD projector
10. Visit to existing IT-enabled Agricultural Service Centre in
rural area
AEC 351: Fundamentals of Agribusiness Management
Theory: Agribusiness: Meaning, Definition, Structure of
Agribusiness, (Input, Farm, Product Sectors). Importance of
Agribusiness in the Indian Economy, Agricultural Policy.
Agribusiness Management, Distinctive features, Importance of
Good Management, Definitions of Management. Management
Functions, Planning, Meaning, Definition, Types of Plans
(Purpose or Mission, Goals or Objectives, Strategies, Polices,
Procedures, rules, programmes, Budget) characteristics of sound
plan, Steps in planning, Organisation, Staffing, Directing,
Motivation, Ordering, Leading, Supervision, Communication,
control. Capital Management. Financial Management of
Agribusiness: Importance of Financial Statements, Balance sheet,
Profit and Loss Statement, Analysis of Financial statements.
Agro-based Industries: Importance and Need, Classification of
Industries, Types of Agro-based Industries, Institutional
arrangement, Procedure to set up agro-based industries,
Constraints in establishing agro-based industries. Marketing
Management: Meaning, Definitions, Marketing Mix, 4Ps of
Marketing. Mix, Market segmentation, Methods of Market,
Product life cycle. Pricing policy, Meaning, pricing method. Prices
at various stages of Marketing. Project, definitions, project cycle,
Identification,
Formulation,
Appraisal,
Implementation,
Monitoring and evaluation, Appraisal and Evaluation techniques,
NPW, BCR, IRR, N/K ratio, sensitivity analysis, characteristics of
agricultural projects: preparation of project reports for various
activities in agriculture and allied sectors: Dairying, poultry,
fisheries, agro-industries etc.
AEX 355 : Entrepreneurship Development and
Communication Skills
Theory : Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurship Development:
Definition, types, factors responsible for Entrepreneurship,
models status of agri-horti entrepreneurship in India,
globalization and emerging issues of managing agri-preneurship.
Managing an enterprise: motivation and entrepreneurship
development, importance of planning, monitoring, evaluation
and follow-up, managing competition, entrepreneurship
development programme, SWOT analysis, generation, incubation
and commercialization of ideas and innovations. Government
Scheme and Policy: Government Schemes and incentives for
promotion of entrepreneurship, Government policy on Small and
Medium Enterprise (SMEs) Export and important Policies
relevant to horticulture sector. Venture capital. Role for
Corporate Sector in Agriculture Horticultural development.
Contract farming in horticultural crops. Public - private
partnership. Communication Skills: nature and importance of
effective communication in extension education. Modes of
communications - verbal and non-verbal, elements of effective
oral communication including use of verbal and non-verbal
symbol. Principles and techniques of Writing: Development
news, stories, popular articles, technical articles and extension
bulletins. Presentation: Individual and group presentation.
Group Discussion: techniques and organization; organization of
seminars, conference etc.
AEX 451 : Behavioural Skill
Theory : Changing Scenario of Agriculture and human resource
management; theory of personality and socialization, behaviour
and enterprenureship; enterpreneuria! motivation and skills in
changing organization; personality profiling; experiential
learning cycle and behaviour, ELC based training programme
and methodology. Communication and behavioural skill.
Simulation theory and processing.
AEC 451 : Marketing management and Agricultural
Marketing
Theory : Definition of Marketing-concepts of marketingconsumer behaviour- marketing strategy-pricing. Advertising
management- sales promotion- sales management - marketing
information system. Rural marketing in India- profile and
difficulties. Agricultural Marketing Management- planningpolicies- marketing information system-marketing development
and promotional activities- price decision-function of marketingcost profit analysis- quality of product. Agricultural marketingfunctions- marketing system- functional approach, commodity
approach, Institutional approach, behavioral approach and
Decision making approach. Co-operative Marketing-functionStructure, Regulated Markets- objectives .7 important features
Agricultural Price Policy- International Trade in Agricultural
Commodities- Modern theory of International trade.
AEC 452 : Agribusiness management
Meaning, importance and scope of Agril-Business management
and Rural Industrialization. Basic principles and modern tools of
agri-business management. Agril- Industries & economic
development- Food self- sufficiency- reduced food losses-
improved nutrition- employment generation- Development of
Skill & Technology- Foreign exchange- import substitutionincreased public sector revenues.
Economic characteristics attributed to agro- industry - addition
of value to domestic raw materials- industrial linkagesEconomics of scale - technology.
Brief introduction to Globalization and challenges for global
enterprises- global rural industries. Opportunities and strategies
for Indian agri- business/understanding business response to
economic changes/ understanding business strategy in the
Indian context/State context. Ingredients of the success
formulae/causes of low performance & failure in Indian rural
business/Opportunities & strategies for Indian agri- business
AEC 453 : Farm planning and management
Farm Planning (FP)- Purpose- Types of FP- Essential Elements of
FP- Stages of FP- Principal Characteristics of good farm planBasic of FP and budgeting. Farm budgeting (FB) - Objectives of
FB- Types of FB- Practical and Complete Budgeting- Elements of
Partial Budgeting- Difference between Partial and Complete
budgeting- Advantage of FB. Locating weak points in Existing
Farm Plan-Alternate Farm Plan- Practicability of Alternate Plan.
Farm environmental Pollution- estimation- cost benefits- farm
project evaluation-plan, programme and appraisal- the present
worth summing method- amortization method. Linear
Programming (LP)-A Budgeting Technique- DefinitionRequisites of LP-Assumptions of LP-Elements of LP- Disposal
Activities- Solution of LP: Feasible and Optimal Feasible Solution,
Geometric Method, Simplex Method, problem of cost
minimization the dual problem, Solution to the dual problem.
AST 454 : Econometric Approach in Agriculture
Theory: Concept of production function, Demand and supply
curves, Engel curve, Input-output analysis, Static and dynamic
models of economics, Single and simultaneous equation models,
Identification, Method of estimation of parameters: Maximum
likelihood and least squares, Multi-collinearity, Autocorrelation,
Time series analysis, and Index number.
Practical : Use of regression analysis in production function
analysis, Practical problems on identification and input-output
analysis in farm sectors, Use of regression and other techniques
in forcasting, Isolation of different components of time series
data, Formation of index numbers and cost of living indices.
AST 455 : Sample Survey Techniques in Agriculture
Theory : Sampling versus complete enumeration, Sampling
errors and non- sampling errors, Simple random sampling; with
replacement and without replacement, Estimation of population
mean and population proportion and their standard errors and
Stratified Random Sampling.