Organic Farming for Sustainable Agricultural Production detailed syllabus for Environmental Engineering (Env) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Env 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 Environmental Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Env 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-V scheme and its subjects refer to Env Professional Elective-V syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of organic farming for sustainable agricultural production is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIC FARMING Definition of organic farming – Need of organic farming — Conventional Vs. organic farming – Benefits of organic farming – Social and market aspects of organic farming – Global status (growth, land distribution, share and major producers) of organic farming – Organic farming suitability in India – Challenges of organic farming – Future prospects – Success stories
Unit II
COMPONENTS, CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIC FARMING Concept of sustainable development – Principles of organic farming – Key objectives of organic farming – Incorporation of crop residues – Crop rotation – Intercropping – Farmyard manure – Animal manures – Green manuring – Concentrated organic manures – Compost -Vermicompost – Biofertilizers – Biopesticides – Steps to a successful organic transition
Unit III
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Unit IV
ORGANIC ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, FOOD PROCESSING AND HANDLING Livestock living condition – Length of conversion period – Animal sources/origin – Breeds and breeding – Mutilations – Animal nutrition – Veterinary medicine – Transport and slaughter -Bee keeping – Food processing ingredients and methods – Storage pest management -Packaging – Labelling – Cleaning and sanitizing of food processing facilities
Unit V
ORGANIC CERTIFICATION AND MARKETING Guidelines and procedures for organic certification – Organic certification agencies – Grower group certification for organic agriculture – Tamil Nadu Organic Certification Department -Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority – National Programme for Organic Production standards – Organic food marketing, growing opportunities and regulations
Course Outcomes:
On completion of the course, the student is expected to be able to
- Define ‘organic farming’ from multiple perspectives
- Understand about the concepts, principles and components of organic farming
- Get knowledge on the organic crop production practices for sustainable agriculture
- Suggest the sustainable ways of animal production and know about the standard requirements for the processing, handling and storage of organic foods
- Learn about organic certification systems, process to be followed for domestic sales/ exports, and opportunities/ challenges in marketing of organic produce
Reference Books:
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