Farm Power and Machinery Management detailed syllabus for Agriculture Engineering (Agri) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Agri students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Agriculture Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Agri 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-II scheme and its subjects refer to Agri Professional Elective-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of farm power and machinery management is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
FARM MECHANIZATION The role of farm mechanization and its relationship to productivity, employment, social and Technological change.- Farm Power availability- Mechanization status in India-performance index of power source and farm machinery -Scheduling of farm operations
Unit II
COST ANALYSIS Farm records and inventory control – cost analysis of machinery: fixed cost and variable costs, effect of inflation on cost;Cost economics of tractor and farm machinery – land preparation, planting , intercultural, plant protection and harvesting machinery cost calculation
Unit III
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Unit IV
FARM MACHINERY OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT Operations and adjustments of Land preparation , planting, intercultural, plant protection and harvesting machinery – management of machinery .
Unit V
CUSTOM HIRING MODELS Establishment of CHC-operationalization – Custom hiring models – case studies of custom hiring – Custom hiring project formulation – ownership vs custom hiring services- Economic viability of custom hiring service units – Replacement of farm machinery
Text Books:
- Donnell Hunt , Farm Power and Machinery Management
- Johl S S and Kapur T R 1989. Fundamentals of Farm Business Management, Kalyani Publishers , Ludhiana
Reference Books:
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Course Outcomes:
At the completion of the course the student will:
- have knowledge about the present status of farm mechanization
- be able to optimally select machinery for varying uses.
- be able to plan for mechanization of the farm.
- be able to estimate the cost of machinery.
- be able to create custom hiring centres
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Agriculture Engineering 5th Sem, visit Agri 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Agriculture Engineering results, visit Anna University Agri all semester results direct link.