Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Agriculture and Its Significance Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Syllabus for Agriculture and its Significance

Major · Rural Studies · Semester 5 · TY BA · 4 credits · 100 marks · 60 hours

Part of this reading list is printed in Devanagari, which the University's own PDF does not release as reliable text. Those entries are not set here; they are in the document above, as she printed them.

Module 1: Agriculture

1 History and Concept of Agriculture
2 Nature and Feature of Agriculture.
3 Role of Agriculture in Indian Economy.
4 Concept of Agricultural productivity
5 Causes of low productivity, Remedial measures

Module 2: Land

1 Meaning of Land
2 Natural characteristics of Land
3 types of Land
4 Soil Erosion- Causes, consequences- Remedial measures
5 Soil Testing- Need, Importance in Agriculture

Module 3: Significance of Inputs in Agriculture

1 Seeds - Traditional and Non-Traditional
2 Types and Importance of Grafting
3 Types of Fertilizers and Importance Organic Fertilizers
4 Consequences of chemical Fertilizers
5 Agricultural Equipment’s- Traditional and Non-Traditional

Module 4: Farm Business Management

1 Meaning of Farm Business Management
2 Objectives of Farm Business Management
3 Nature of Farm Business Management
4 Principles of Farm Business Management.
5 Factors of Agricultural Production.

Reference Books

1 Dantawala : Indian Agriculture development si, independence, oxford and IHB Publishing contd…
2 Mamoria C. band Tripathi B.B.: Agricultural problem Kitab Mahal (1991)
3 Mishra and Puri Indian Economy Himalaya Publishing House (1998)
4 Plans for Reclamation of waste lands Publications and Information’s Directorate New Delhi (1994)
5 Talari J.M. Naik V.G and Jalgaonkar.V.N. Introduction to Agriculture economics Agriculture Business Management

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