Introduction to Agriculture – Impact of green revolution on food production- Contribution of Agriculture to the GDP of the nation – Introduction to Agriculture Engineering and its branches- organic agriculture-precision farming – Need for Farm Mechanization.

Soil & water – Soil health - Soil quality- Soil health and crop production relationship-Soil erosion - Soil conservation methods – Instruments used for measuring different parameters of climate -Sources of water – Tanks – Wells & Reservoirs – Rain water Harvesting – Runoff computation – Water harvesting – Farm ponds and Percolation ponds – Watershed concepts – integrated approach and Management –Overview of irrigation methods.

Farm structures- Farm Roads, Cattle sheds, Poultry shed, Machinery and implement shed, Storage structures for food grain, feed & forage – Protected Cultivation - Green houses, Poly houses - Shade net- Farm Machinery -Tractors and Power Tiller – Introduction to Tillage implements, Sowing and intercultural implements, plant protection and Harvesting machinery

Post harvest losses of crops - Role of processing in minimizing losses - Importance of value addition of farm produce -Unit operations in agricultural processing – Equipments used for processing, handling and packaging of agricultural produces – Processing of Milk and dairy products.

Energy crisis – Classification of energy sources – Renewable energy – Significance – potential achievements in India - Types of Energy used in the farms– Application of renewable energy in Agriculture- Solar, Wind, Biogas and biomass – Methods of energy conversion –Utilization of Agro residues using improved chulas and biomass gas stove