MP RAEO and SADO Syllabus

MP RAEO and SADO Syllabus

MPPEB Agriculture Extension Officer Syllabus 2020

MP RAEO and SADO Syllabus

Syllabus Of Agriculture For R.A.E.O.

1.General Agriculture

• Agriculture and its importance in national economy.

2.Agronomy

• Major Crops of MP, Agrotechniques of major field crops of MP.
• Farming systems and sustainable Agriculture.
• Introductory Agro Meterology, Agro-climatic and Agro-ecological zones.

3.Soil Science

• Soil and its composition and its role in crop production.
• Physical, Chemical, and biological properties of soil.
• Essential plant nutrients, their function and dynamics.
• Integrated nutrient management, Problem soils and their management.

4.Soil and water conservation, Watershed management

5.Plant Physiology

• Absorption, translocation
  
• Metabolism of nutrients
• Photosynthesis
• Respiration
• Growth and development
• Growth regulators.

6.Crop Improvement

• Elements of genetics and plant breeding as applied to crop improvement.

7.Horticulture

• Package of practices of important fruit, vegetable & Spices
• Economically important flowering plants.
• Nursery management.
• Propagation methods of horticultural crops.
• Problems (unfruitfulness, alternate bearing, fruit drops etc.) and physiological disorders and their management.
• Post-harvest management.
• Value addition of fruits and vegetables.

8.Plant Protection

• Important insect pests and diseases affecting important crops and their management.
• Components of integrated pest and disease management.
• Spray equipments, their selection and maintenance.
• Rodent management. Safety precautionary measures during pesticide usage.

9.Agricultural Economics

• Meaning, principles of economics as applied to agriculture
• Farm planning and resource management for optimal production.
• Farming systems and their economic role.
• Marketing of agricultural produce and regulated markets in MP including initiatives like (e -chaupal)
• Price of agricultural produce and its role in agricultural production.

10.Agricultural Extension Education

• Philosophy
• objectives and principles of extension.
• Extension organizations at the state, district and block levels, their structure, functions and responsibilities.
• Methods of communication.
• Role of farmer’s organizations in extensions services.
• Role and importance of trainings.
• Important rural development programmes in India.

Syllabus Of Agriculture For S.A.D.O.

Unit 1.

• Agriculture, its importance in national economy.
• Agro-climatic and Agro-ecological zone.
• Geographic distribution of crop plants.
• Agriculture heritage.
• Sustainable agriculture.

Unit 2.

• Important crop of India and M.P. Package of practices for cultivation of cereal, Pulses, oil-seeds, Sugar, Fiber and forage crops.
• Different cropping systems, Farming system, Crop rotations.
• Multiple and relay cropping, inter-cropping, mixed cropping and sequence cropping.
• Integrated crop management.
• Geoinformatics.
• Nano technology.
• Precision farming.

Unit 3.

• Crop weather relationship, floods, Cold waves and frosts.
• Meteorological services to agriculture.
• Climate change and climate resilient agriculture.
• Remote sensing.
• Contingent crop planning.

Unit 4.

• Soil as a medium for plant growth and its Composition.
• minerals and organic constituents of the soil and their role in crop production.
• Soil types of India and M.P.
• Chemical, Physical and microbiological properties of soils.
• Essential plant nutrients, their functions and deficiency symptoms.
• Occurrence and Cycling in soils.
• Straight, complex and mixed fertilizers and bio-fertilizers manufactures and marketed in India.
• Integrated nutrient management for plant.
• Management of problem soils such as saline, alkali and acid soils.
• Soil and water management Irrigation methods, soil erosion, its causes and control measures.
• Rain Water conservation; Watershed development, Rainfed farming principles and practices.

Unit 5.

• Bio-chemistry/Physiology/Microbiology/Environmental Sciences.
• Fundamentals of Plant biochemistry and biotechnology.
• Fundamentals of crop physiology.
• Agricultural microbiology.
• Environmental studies and Disaster management.
• Introduction to forestry.

Unit 6.

• Elements of genetics and plant breeding as applied to improvement of crops.
• Development of plant hybrids and composites.
• Important hybrid and composites varieties of crops.

Unit 7.

• Important fruits and vegetable crops of M.P. and India, their package of practices.
• Crop rotation, intercropping and companion crop.
• Role of fruits and vegetables in human nutrition.
• Post harvest management.
• Value addition of fruits and vegetables.

Unit 8.

• Integrated weed management( IWM).
• Serious weeds and their control.
• Principles of plant protection measures integrated control of pests and diseases.
• Pests and diseases affecting major crops.
• Storage pests management.
• Rodents managements.

Unit 9.

• Principles and objective of surveying.
• Contouring.
• Farm development.
• land capability classification.
• Farm machinery and equipments.
• Bullock drawn and power driven Farm implements.
• Mechanization and its relevance and scope in India.
• Seed bed preparation land shaping
• Seeding and intercultural tools or equipments.
• plant protection equipments.
• Harvesting and threshing machines.
• Post harvest machinery.
• Care and maintenance before and after use of farm implements and machinery.
• Protected cultivation and secondary agriculture.

Unit 10.

• Economics with reference to agriculture Farm planning and management for enhanced production.
• Factors of Crop production and production relationships.
• marketing of agricultural produce and regulated markets in M.P. Price of agricultural produce and its role in agricultural development.
• Impact of economic reforms on agriculture business.
• Principle and objectives of agricultural extension.
• Extension organization at the district and block levels, their structure, functions and responsibilities.
• Methods of Communication role of farm organizations in extension services.
• Women in agriculture, Women entrepreneur, Women empowerment.
• Opportunities for agriculture entrepreneurship and Rural enterprise.

MP RAEO and SADO Syllabus