Indian Agriculture: Development and Challenges (2 Parts)

Contents: Part – I: 1. Agriculture: Scope, significance and prospects in India. 2. Agriculture history in different periods and places in the World. 3. History of agriculture in the Indian subcontinent. 4. Neolithic and British agricultural revolution. 5. Vision, objective and policy of agriculture exports. 6. Agricultural: food security of India. 7. Concept, significance and major agriculture cooperatives in India. 8. Need, importance and types of agricultural insurance in India. 9. Agriculture machinery, mechanization and its prospects in India. 10. Types, sources, problems and measures of rural credit in India. 11. Agricultural revolutions and their impacts in India. 12. History, concept, significance and development of organic farming in India. 13. History, significance and distribution of sugar industry in India. 14. Production and trade of cotton industry in India. 15. Production, manufacture and marketing of raw silk in India. 16. Development and prospects of dairy farming in India. Part – II: 17. Controlled environment agriculture (CEA). 18. Seed classes, seed replacement and tissue culture. 19. Crop management for aberrant weather conditions. 20. Balanced use of chemicals in agriculture. 21. Contributing factors, forms and consequences of debt bondage in India. 22. Transgenic crops-biosafety concerns and regulations in India. 23. Global greenhouse gases emission and its sources. 24. Climate change impacts on livestock. 25. Climate change effects on human health. 26. Challenges, policies and strategies for India agriculture. 27. Causes and statistics of farmer suicides in India.