The course describes the various phases of the Indian agriculture development starting from the pre-historic agriculture to the modern agriculture. The course identifies the traditions, belief and agricultural practices followed by Indian farmers. The course explains the scope of Indian agriculture and its contribution in the Indian economy. The status, utilization pattern, problems and development of agricultural resources viz. land, labour, water, biodiversity, livestock and fisheries are covered. Institutional development in agriculture such as cooperatives, farmers’ organization, institutional finance, research, educationand extension warehousing and storage, public distribution system, etc. are explained along with their importance. Various concepts such as capital formation, agricultural pricing, taxation and subsidies are briefly described along with their importance in agricultural production management. The course talks about the role of food grains procurement, storage, marketing, research and technology transfer in development of Indian agriculture. The learners will recognise the emerging issues and trends in agriculture such as diversification, agriculture industry interface, trade, quality, gender and sustainability, globalization and use of information and communication technology. The course content is delivered through 40 video lessons in 16 weeks duration. Every week, learners will have to go through the video lessons. The video lessons are supported by the self learning materials. In addition, a number of web links will be provided to support the study materials and to get the updated information. Self assessment questions will be provided after each lesson. Learners have to complete the assignments after going through major sections of study material. This Post graduate course on "Indian Agricultural Development" is useful to those who are working or who want to build their carrier in agriculture and allied sectors as this course provides basic learning about the agriculture sector.
| Course Status : | Upcoming |
| Course Type : | Core |
| Language for course content : | English |
| Duration : | 15 weeks |
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| Credit Points : | 4 |
| Level : | Continuing Education |
| Start Date : | 15 Jul 2025 |
| End Date : | 15 Nov 2025 |
| Enrollment Ends : | 15 Sep 2025 |
| Exam Date : | 14 Dec 2025 IST |
| Exam Shift: : | Shift-II |
Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.
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Week 1 |
Evolution, Scope And Diversity of Agriculture |
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Week 2 |
Indian Farmers’ Traditions, Beliefs and Practices |
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Week 3 |
Importance, Performance and Development of Indian Agriculture |
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Week 4 |
Land and Water Resources and Cropping Pattern |
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Week 5 |
Plant Genetic Resources and Germplasm Conservation |
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Week 6 |
Agricultural Labour, Livestock and Fisheries Resources |
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Week 7 |
Agricultural Credit, Warehousing, Insurance and Public Distribution System |
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Week 8 |
Cooperatives and Farmers Organizations |
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Week 9 |
Institutional development in Agriculture |
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Week 10 |
Capital Formation, Pricing, Taxation and Subsidies in Agriculture |
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Week 11 |
Management of Foodgrains and Research & Development in Agriculture |
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Week 12 |
Diversification in agriculture and Agriculture-Industry Interface |
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Week 13 |
Issues Related to Trade, Quality, Gender and Sustainability |
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Week 14 |
Information and Communication Technology in Agriculture |
Dr. Praveen K. Jain, Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics is working as Assistant Professor in the School of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi since 2006. His areas of interest include e-learning technologies, e-extension, and agriculture education through ODL besides the core areas agricultural policy, agricultural marketing and agribusiness management. He is coordinating distance, education programmes in the areas of agricultural policy, plantation, management, agribusiness management and agriculture extension. He has more than 35 research papers and 3 books to his credit.
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CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE
30 Marks will be allocated for Internal Assessment (Final Quiz- Mandatory) which will be available at the end of the course and 70 Marks will be allocated for end term proctored examination.
A minimum of 40% passing marks (i.e. at-least 12 marks in Internal Assessment (Final Quiz- Mandatory) & 28 Marks in external proctored examination) will be required for being eligible for SWAYAM Certificate.
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