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• Lec 01 - Agriculture – Definition – Importance and scope - Branches of agriculture - Evolution of man and agriculture – Development of scientific agriculture - National and International Agricultural Research Institutes.
• Lec 02 -Indian agriculture - Indian economy – National income – per capita income – Agricultural income in GDP - Women in agriculture and empowerment
• Lec 03 - History of agricultural development in the world and India. Agriculture heritage – Agriculture in ancient India
• Lec 04 - Stages of agriculture development - Era of civilization- Importance of Neolithic civilization
• Lec 05 - Chronology of Agricultural technology development in India
• Lec 06 -Kautilya’s Arthasasthra - Sangam literature - rainfall prediction – ITK -Tamil Almanac.
• Lec 07 - Agronomy – definition – meaning and scope. Agro-climatic zones of India and Tamil Nadu – Agro ecological zones of India
• Lec 08 - Crops and major soils - Classification – Economic and agricultural importance in India and Tamil Nadu
• Lec 09 - Factors affecting crop production – climatic – edaphic - biotic- physiographic and socio economic factors
• Lec 10 -Tillage – Definition – objectives – types of tillage - modern concepts of tillage – main field preparation
• Lec 11 - Seeds - Seed rate - Sowing methods - Germination - Crop stand establishment - Planting geometry
• Lec 12- Role of manures and fertilizers in crop production – agronomic interventions for enhancing FUE - Inter cultivation - Thinning - Gap filling and other intercultural operations
• Lec 13 - Irrigation - Time and methods - Modern techniques of irrigation - Drainage and its importance
• Lec 14 - Planting Geometry And Its Effect On Growth And Yield
• Lec 15 - Cropping pattern and cropping system - Intensive cropping- Sustainable agriculture
• Lec 16 - Organic / eco-friendly agriculture - Dry farming - Concepts and principles
• Lec 17 - Agro-Climatic Zones Of India And Andhra Pradesh
• Lec 18 - Agro Meteorology
• Lec 19 - Weather and Climate
• Lec 20 - Weather Elements And Their Influence On Different Crops
• Lec 21 - Monsoon
• Lec 22 - Clouds 
• Lec 23 - Weather Aberrations
• Lec 24 - Weather Forecasting
• Lec 25 - Artificial Rain Making And Cloud Seeding
• Lec 26 - Remote Sensing
• Syllabus

Source: TNAU 

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