{"id":54442,"date":"2023-08-26T03:45:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T03:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inspirenignite.com\/anna-university\/ai3019-sustainable-agriculture-and-food-security-syllabus-for-agri-2021-regulation-professional-elective-iv\/"},"modified":"2023-08-26T03:45:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T03:45:12","slug":"ai3019-sustainable-agriculture-and-food-security-syllabus-for-agri-2021-regulation-professional-elective-iv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspirenignite.com\/anna-university\/ai3019-sustainable-agriculture-and-food-security-syllabus-for-agri-2021-regulation-professional-elective-iv\/","title":{"rendered":"AI3019: Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security syllabus for Agri 2021 regulation (Professional Elective-IV)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security detailed syllabus for Agriculture Engineering (Agri) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities<\/a> 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. <\/p>\n

For Agriculture Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Agri 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme<\/a>. For Professional Elective-IV scheme and its subjects refer to Agri Professional Elective-IV syllabus scheme<\/a>. The detailed syllabus of sustainable agriculture and food security is as follows. <\/p>\n

Course Objectives:<\/h4>\n

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Unit I<\/h4>\n

SUSTAINABILITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES\tLand Resources of India, Population and land, Land utilization, Net Area Sown, changes in cropping pattern, land degradation. Rainfall forecasting – Adequacy of Rainfall for crop growth -Rainfall, Drought and production instability – Irrigation potential – Available, created and utilized -River basins; Watersheds and Utilizable surface water – Utilizable water in future (Ground water & Surface water)\n<\/p>\n

Unit II<\/h4>\n

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE\tSustainable agriculture-definition. Agro-ecosystems – Impact of climate change on Agriculture, Effect on crop yield, effect on Soil fertility – Food grain production at State Level – Indicators of Sustainable food availability – Indicators of food production sustenance.\n<\/p>\n

Unit III<\/h4>\n

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Unit IV<\/h4>\n

SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION FOR FOOD SECURITY\tPerformance of Major Food Crops over the past decades – trends in food production – Decline in total factor productivity growth – Demand and supply projections – Impact of market force -Vertical farming – Controlled Environment Agriculture – Genetics diversity – GMO\u2019s. Sustainable food security indicators and index – Indicator of sustainability of food Security.\n<\/p>\n

Unit V<\/h4>\n

POLICES AND PROGRAMMES FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY Food and Crop Production polices – Agricultural credit Policy – Crop insurance -Policies of Natural Resources Use – Policies for sustainable Livelihoods – Virtual water and trade -Sustainable food Security Action Plan.\n<\/p>\n

Text Books:<\/h4>\n
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  1. M.S.Swaminathan, Science and sustainable food security, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 2010.<\/li>\n
  2. B.K.Desai and Pujari, B.T. Sustainable Agriculture: A vision for future, New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi, 2007.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Course Outcomes:<\/h4>\n
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    1. Understand methods to sustain land resources.<\/li>\n
    2. Cognize approaches to sustain water resources and its utilization for agriculture and allied activities.<\/li>\n
    3. Design and develop new, improved and sustainable systems of agriculture and allied activities.<\/li>\n
    4. Understand new technologies for improving food security.<\/li>\n
    5. Comprehend policies to achieve sustainable farming and food security.<\/li>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Agriculture Engineering 6th Sem, visit Agri 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation<\/a>. <\/p>\n

      For all Agriculture Engineering results, visit Anna University Agri all semester results<\/a> direct link. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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