Pir Mehr Ail Shah

ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY RAWALPINDI

Department of Agronomy

COURSE OUTLINE

Program BSCS/IT Course Yasmin Toor

Instructor
Year/Semester email
Name of the Course Basic Agriculture
Course No. AGR-301
Credit Hours 3(2-2)
Aims This module basic information regarding the agriculture. Students will
be introduced about the impact of different weather elements on crops,
Land resources of Pakistan, Irrigation system of Pakistan, Land use and
its problems.
Objectives 1. To familiarize the students with bases of Agriculture.
2. To provide sufficient knowledge of weather elements with
regards to crops.
3. To provide substantial understanding of the land resources of
Pakistan.

Syllabus Theory:
Agriculture Definition, history, Introduction, Importance and branches,
Salient features of Pakistan’s agriculture, Climate of Pakistan, its major
characteristics and impact on crop production, Land resources and their
utilization in Pakistan, Soil and their physical properties, Plant
nutrition, crops of Pakistan, crop protection measures, tillage practices,
Water resources of Pakistan, irrigation methods, Problems of Pakistan’s
agriculture, low Soil fertility, low and erratic rainfall, water logging
salinity and alkalinity, drainage and erosion.

PRACTICAL:

Measurement of land conventional and matric system; introduction and

use of hand tools and implements; Recording weather data, types of
thermometers and their uses, techniques and instruments for measuring
rainfall, light and atmospheric humidity, identification of crop plants,
weeds, seeds and demonstration of fertilizer application methods
Identification of various soil types; determination of soil moisture
contents, saturation percentage, field capacity and wilting point (DUL
and CLL); Field visits.
Textbooks 1. Khan, S. R. A. 2001. Crop management on Pakistan, Published
by Directorate of Agriculture Information, Punjab Lahore.
2. Abbas, M. A. 2001. General Agriculture, 2nd Edition, Publishers
Emporium Ahata Shahdarian, 22-Urdu Bazar Lahore.
3. Nazir, M. S. 1994. Crop Production. National Book Foundation,
Islamabad.
4. Seth G. Pritchard. 2005. Crop and environmental Changes.
(Book Ocean).
5. http://www.digitallibrary.edu.pk/books.html
Instructional Multimedia
Aids/Resources White Board
Worksheets
Application of practical methods at Koont Research Farm Chakwal
Teaching Strategies Lectures
Photocopies
Question-Answer Session
Group Discussion
 Pir Mehr Ail Shah
ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY RAWALPINDI
Department of Agronomy

SPLIT SCHEDULE OF GENERAL COURSE FOR BASIC AGRICULTURE (AGR 301)

Theory (Fall 2013-14)

Week Lecture Contents to be covered

Week 1 Lecture 1 Agriculture Definitions,
Lecture 2 History, Importance of
Agriculture
Week 2 Lecture 1 Branches of Agriculture
Lecture 2 Allied Sciences of Agronomy
Week 3 Lecture 1 Salient Features of Pakistan’s
Agriculture
Lecture 2 Land Resources of Pakistan
Week 4 Lecture 1 Climate of Pakistan
Lecture 2 Major characteristics of
climate
Week 5 Lecture 1 Impact of weather elements on
Lecture 2 crop production
Week 6 Lecture 1 Impact of weather elements on
Lecture 2 crop production
Week 7 Lecture 1 Crops of Pakistan, crop
Lecture 2 protection measures, tillage
practices,
Week 8 Lecture 1 & 2 Do
Week 9 Lecture 1 & 2 Soil and their physical
properties
Week 10 Mid Exams
Week 12 Lecture 1 Water Resources of Pakistan
Lecture 2 Surface and Ground Water
Week 13 Lecture 1 Canal System of Pakistan
Lecture 2 Soil Erosion
Week 14 Lecture 1 & 2 Low Soil fertility
Week 15 Lecture 1 & 2 Salinity and Alkalinity
Week 16 Lecture 1 Water logging
Lecture 2 Drainage , low and erratic
rainfall
Week 17 Lecture 1 & 2 Revision
Week 18 Final Exams
 Pir Mehr Ail Shah
ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY RAWALPINDI
Department of Agronomy

SPLIT SCHEDULE OF GENERAL COURSE FOR BASIC AGRICULTURE (AGR 301)

PRACTICAL

Week Practical
Week 1 Orientation of agricultural activities at koont farm
Week 2 Land measurements (Demonstration of conventional land measuring units in
field)
Week 3 Identification and use of implements
Week 4 Orientation of different plowing instruments for land preparation
Week 5 Formation of water channels
Week 6 Crop sowing by different methods
Week 7 Identification of crop seeds, germination test
Week 8 Identification of winter crops, difference between wheat, barley and oat at early
vegetative stages
Week 9 Famer field trip
Week 10 Mid Exams
Week 11 Weeds identification and their control by manual and chemical methods
Week 12 Crop rotations/Cropping patterns at Koont farm
Week 13 Soil types and demonstration of soil moisture contents by various methods
Week 14 Identifications of fertilizers
Week 15 Demonstration of fertilizer application methods
Week 16 Demonstration of water harvesting techniques at koont farm
Week 17 Demonstration of different metrological instruments in Met observatory
Week 18 Final Exams