Syllabus 
                                               III Semester 
               Course Code          Course Name           Hours per Week         Total 
                                                         L      T      P     Hrs.   Credits 
                AG3CO19           Agri- Informatics      1      -       2      3       2 
              
             Course Objectives: 
                   1.  To understandComputers 
                   2.  To gain technicalknowledge aboutcomputer programming languages 
                   3.  To gain completetechnical knowledge ofComputer Models 
                   4.  To understandrole of Apps in Agriculture 
                   5.  To gain knowledge aboutContingent crop-planning 
             Prerequisites :12th pass 
             Co-requisites : Nil 
             Curriculum: 
             Unit-1:-Introduction to Computers 
              
             Introduction  to  Computers,  Operating  Systems,  definition  and  types,  Applications  of  MSOfce  for 
             document creation & Editing, Data presentation, interpretation and graph creation,statistical analysis, 
             mathematical expressions, Database, concepts and types, uses of DBMS inAgriculture. 
             Unit-2:-Computer programming languages 
             World Wide Web (WWW): Concepts and components. Introduction to computerprogramming languages, 
             concepts and standard input/output operations.e-Agriculture, concepts and applications, Use of ICT in 
             Agriculture.  
             Unit-3:-Computer Models 
             Computer Models forunderstanding plant processes. IT application for computation of water and nutrient 
             requirementof crops, Computer-controlled devices (automated systems) for Agri-input management. 
             Unit-4:-Apps in Agriculture 
       Smartphone Apps in Agriculture for farm advises, market price, postharvest management etc;Geospatial 
       technology for generating valuable agri-information. 
       Unit-5:-Contingent crop-planning 
        
       Decision  support  systems,  concepts,  components  and  applications  in  Agriculture,  Agriculture  Expert 
       System,  SoilInformation  Systems  etc  for  supporting  Farm  decisions.Preparation  of  contingent  crop-
       planningusing IT tools. 
       Case Studies: 
       Optional 
       List of Practicals: 
         1.  Study of Computer Components, accessories, practice of important DOS Commands. 
         2.   Introduction  of  different  operating  systems  such  as  windows,  Unix/  Linux,  Creating, 
          Files & Folders, File Management.  
         3.  Use of MS-WORD and MS Power-point for creating, editing and presenting a scientifc 
          Document. 
         4.   MS-EXCEL  -  Creating  a  spreadsheet,  use  of  statistical  tools,  writing  expressions, 
          creating graphs, analysis of scientific data. 
         5.   MS-ACCESS: Creating Database, preparing queries and reports, demonstration of Agri-
          information system. 
         6.   Introduction to World Wide Web(WWW). 
         7.  introduction of programming languages. 
         8.  Hands on Crop Simulation Models (CSM) such as DSSAT/Crop-Info/CropSyst/ Wofost; 
          Computation of water and nutrient requirements of crop using CSM and IT tools.  
         9.  Introduction  of  Geospatial  Technology  for  generating  valuable  information  for 
          Agriculture.  
         10. Hands on Decision Support System.  
         11. Preparation of contingent crop planning. 
          
       Project: 
       Optional. 
       Course Outcomes: 
       A.  Student will be familiarized with the importance ofComputers. 
       B.  Student will come to know about computer programming languages. 
       C.  Student will come to know about the technical knowledge ofComputer Models 
       D.  Student will know therole of Apps in Agriculture 
       A.  Student will come to know aboutContingent crop-planning 
       Text Books: 
          1.  Vanitha G.Agro-Informatics,New India Publishing Agency. 
          2.  Richard  Duncombe(2018)  Digital  Technologies  for  Agricultural  and  Rural 
            Development in the Global South Paperback,ABI Publishing. 
         
       Reference Books: 
       B.  PetraqPapajorgji(2018),  Innovations  and  Trends  in  Environmental  and  Agricultural 
         InformaticsIGI Global. 
          
       Web Source: 
       1.http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/ 
       2. https://agriinfo.in/ 
       Open Learning Source:  
          1.  http://kiran.nic.in/ 
          2.  https://apan.net/meetings/apan46/files/20/20-01-01-01.pdf 
          3.  https://icar.org.in/e-books 
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
                                                                                                     
                                                          Syllabus 
                                                        III Semester 
                  Course Code             Course Name               Hours per Week               Total 
                                                                    L       T        P      Hrs.    Credits 
                   AG3CO18           Agricultural Finance and       2        -       2        4        3 
                                           Cooperation 
                
               Course Objectives: 
                       1.  To understandAgricultural Finance 
                       2.  To gain complete knowledge aboutSources of agricultural finance 
                       3.  To gain technical knowledge offinancing institutions 
                       4.  To understandAgricultural Cooperation 
                       5.  To gain knowledge aboutcooperatives societies 
                
               Prerequisites : 12th pass 
               Co-requisites : Nil 
               Curriculum: 
               Unit-1:- Introduction 
               Agricultural Finance- meaning, scope and significance, credit needs and its role in Indianagriculture. 
               Agricultural credit: meaning, definition, need, classification. Credit analysis: 4 R’s,and 3C’s of credits. 
                
               Unit-2:-Sources of agricultural finance 
               Sources of agricultural finance: institutional and non-institutional sources,commercial banks, social 
               control and nationalization of commercial banks, Micro financingincluding KCC. Lead bank scheme, 
               RRBs, Scale of finance and unit cost. 
               Unit-3:- financing institutions 
               An introduction to higherfinancing institutions – RBI, NABARD, ADB, IMF, world bank, Insurance and 
               Credit GuaranteeCorporation of India. Cost of credit. Recent development in agricultural 
               credit.Preparationand analysis of financial statements – Balance Sheet and Income Statement.