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B.Sc. Agriculture courses makes students familiar with various facets of agriculture and its related specialization. Government of India considered B.Sc. in Agriculture as a professional degree. The course includes topics related to agricultural and allied sciences use of modern scientific instruments machinery and techniques in plant and animal based farming systems land surveying soil science water resource management animal and poultry management basics of biotechnology etc

The curriculum of B.Sc Agriculture is very broad and interdisciplinary consisting of courses in

• Agronomy,
• Horticulture,
• Plant Pathology,
• Entomology,
• Agricultural Economics,
• Extension education,
• Genetics and Plant Breeding,
• Soil Science,
• Food technology,
• Animal Husbandry

B.Sc. Agriculture Subjects

• Plant Biochemistry
• Fundamentals of Information Technology
• Applied Mathematics
• Principles of Analytical Chemistry
• Principles of Environmental Sciences
• Introduction to Computer Applications
• Educational Psychology
• Production Economics and Farm Management
• Agricultural Marketing, Trade and Prices
• Sericulture
• Crop Pests and their Management
• Principles of Plant Biotechnology
• Breeding of Field and Horticulture Crops
• Irrigation Water Management.

Syllabus for the Courses:

Semester 1 – Basic Science & Humanities

• Comprehension and Communication Skills in English
• Rural Sociology and Constitution of India
• Educational Psychology
• Introduction to Computer Applications
• Plant Biochemistry

Semester 2 – Agricultural Sciences (Agricultural Economics)

• Principles of Agricultural Economics

• Agricultural Finance and Cooperation
• Production Economics and Farm Management
• Agricultural Marketing,
• Trade and Prices
• Fundamentals of Agribusiness Management

Semester 3 – Agricultural Engineering

• Principles of Soil and Water Engineering
• Farm Power and Machinery
• Protected Cultivation Structures and Agro-Processing
• Energy Sources and their Application in Agriculture

Semester 4 – Agricultural Entomology

• General Entomology
• Economic Entomology
• Crop Pests and their Management
• Sericulture

Semester 5 – Agricultural Extension Education

• Dimensions of Agricultural Extension
• Extension Methodologies for Transfer of Agricultural Technology
• Entrepreneurship Development and Communication Skills

Semester 6 – Agricultural Microbiology

• Agricultural Microbiology
• Soil Microbiology

Semester 7 – Agricultural Statistics

• Fundamentals of Statistics

Semester 8 – Agronomy

• Introductory Agriculture, Principles of Agronomy and Agricultural Meteorology
• Field Crops-I (Kharif)
• Weed Management
• Irrigation Water Management
• Field Crops II (Rabi )
• Rain-fed Agriculture and Watershed Management
• Farming Systems, Organic Farming and Sustainable Agriculture