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Agriculture Industry Overview: Structure, Dynamics And Issues; Case Studies
Teaching Schedule- Theory
Lectures No Topics
1 Indian agricultural industry
overview
2 Place of Agriculture in National
Economy and Comparison with
other Countries, Pattern of
Agriculture Holdings
3 &4 Fragmentation, Sub-Division
and Consolidation of Land
Holdings.
5 Agricultural Productivity:
Trends, Causes and
Consequences of Low
Productivity in India
7 Different Types of Revolutions
in India.
8 Green Revolution: New
Strategy in Development of
Indian Agriculture
9 High Yielding Varieties (HYV)
Programme
10 Irrigation Development in
Agriculture
11 Farm Mechanization
12 Five Year Plans- Silent Features
Subtopic
Agriculture in India: Information About Indian
Agriculture & Its Importance, structure,
dynamics and policy issues of agribusiness.
Place of Agriculture in National Economy and
Comparison with other Countries Meaning of
Agricultural Holding, Economic, Basic,
Optimum and Family holdings, Size pattern of
holdings in India (Recent Year) , Categories of
holdings, no. of holdings and area operated.
Meaning, definition, advantages,
disadvantages, causes and remedies of
fragmentation and sub division of holding.
Consolidation meaning, definition,
Consolidation through co- operative societies,
co-operative movement and restriction on
fragmentation and subdivision
Agricultural Productivity: Trends, pre
independence and post independence Causes
and Consequences of Low Productivity in
India ,possibilities/suggestions to increase
production.
Different Types of Revolutions in India.
Rainbow Revolution- Revolution in production
of Oil seed, Milk, Fish,
Shrimp,Masselay,Meat/Tomato,
Fruits/Apple, Fertilizer and Eggs
Important features, Achievements and failures
of green revolution, Second
green revolution / evergreen revolution
High Yielding Varieties (HYV) Programme-
Role of seed, Irrigation, Fertilizers, plant
protection, mechanization, transport, capital
and
human labour.
Irrigation development in India, Impact of
irrigation , problems and possibilities
of future development
Meaning, Definition, Types, Scopes,
advantages and disadvantages,
Plan period, Outlay, share, growth rates and
achievements in the field of
agriculture in brief.
 13 NITI Ayog History of planning commission, NITI ayog,
organization, working, role for agricultural
development
14 Place of Agriculture in National Place of Agriculture in National Planning
Planning
15 Problems of Food Security Meaning, Definition, Dimensions, importance,
Indian food security system, Buffer stock,
PDS, Problems and suggestions for achieving
food security.
16 Dynamics of retail market in Introduction, Current State of Indian
India Agricultural Industry, The Indian Food
Processing Industry, The Food Supply Chain,
Food Supply Chain Cluster, Government
Initiatives to Promote Food Exports, Private
Sector Initiatives, Opportunities for Improving
Food Supply Chain and Opportunities for
Research in Food Supply Chain
17 Success stories in Agriculture Information and Communication technologies
For agriculture and Rural development,
Sustainable Agriculture in Maharashtra, cost
effective shade net, Daal Mill, Vermicompost,
organic farming, food processing, mushroom
production, Agriculture service center, farm
machinery, milk products, Seed, Animal feed,
silk, honey, Polutry etc.

Practical Exercises:
Exercise No Title

1&2 Indian Agriculture Scenario SWOT Analysis.

3, 4 & 5 All India production of Milk , Eggs, Meat, Wool.
6 All India Fish Production (Lakh Tones).
7&8 Wool & Silk Production Status.
9 Live Stock Census
10, 11 & 12 India’s Agricultural Export Potential.
13 & 14 Measures Being Adopted to Increase Production
15 & 16 Demographic Profile of Indian Population
17 Case studies in relation to agri business