Syllabus of ICAR AIEEA PG JRF (Social Science)

UNIT - I: General Agriculture

• Importance of Agriculture in the National Economy
• Basic Principles of Crop Production
• Cultivation of Rice, Wheat, Chickpea, Pigeon-Pea, Sugarcane, Groundnut, Rapeseed and Mustard, Potato
• Major Soils of India, Role of NPK and Their Deficiency Symptoms
• Structure and Function of Cell Organelles
• Mitosis and Meiosis
• Mendelian Genetics
• Elementary Knowledge of Photosynthesis, Respiration, Photorespiration, Transpiration
• Structure and Functions of Carbohydrates, Proteins, Nucleic Acids, Enzymes and Vitamins
• Major Pests and Diseases of Rice, Wheat, Cotton, Chickpea, Sugarcane and Their Management
• Important Rural Development Programmes in India
• Organisational Set Up of Agricultural Research, Education and Extension in India
• Elements of Statistics
• Measures of Central Tendency
• Measures of Dispersion
• Regression and Correlation
• Concept of Probability
• Sampling Techniques
• Tests of Significance

UNIT - II: Agricultural Economics

• Theory of Consumer Behaviour
• Theory of Demand
• Elasticity of Demand
• Indifference Curve Analysis
• Theory of Firm
• Cost Curves
• Theory of Supply
• Price Determination
• Market Classification
• Concept of Macroeconomics
• Money and Banking
• National Income
• Agricultural Marketing – Role, Practice, Institutions, Problems and Reforms
• Role of Capital and Credit in Agriculture
• Crop Insurance
• Credit Institutions
• Cooperatives
• Capital Formation in Agriculture
• Agrarian Reforms
• Globalization
• WTO and Its Impact on Indian Agriculture

UNIT - III: Agricultural Extension

• Extension Education – Concept, Meaning, Principles, Philosophy, Scope and Importance
• Extension Programme Planning and Evaluation – Steps and Principles
• Models of Organizing Agricultural Extension
• Historical Development of Extension in USA, Japan and India
• Rural Development – Meaning, Importance and Problems
• Rural Development Programmes in India – Pre-Independence Era to Recent Ones
• Extension Teaching Methods
• Definition and Concept of Sociology
• Differences Between Rural and Urban Communities
• Social Stratification, Social Groups, Social Organization and Social Change
• Rural Leadership
• Educational Psychology – Learning and Teaching
• Role of Personality in Agricultural Extension
• Indian Rural System – Its Characteristics
• Value System, Cost and Class
• Structure and Customs
• Rural Group Organization and Adult Education
• Important Rural Development Programmes in India
• Organisational Set Up of Agricultural Research, Education and Extension in India

UNIT - IV: Communication

• Communication – Principles, Concepts, Process, Elements and Barriers in Teaching Methods
• Different Kinds of Communication Methods and Media and AV Aids/Materials
• Media Mix, Campaign, Cyber Extension, Internet, Cybercafé
• Kisan Call Centers
• Teleconferencing
• Agriculture Journalism
• Diffusion and Adoption of Innovations – Adopter Categories
• Capacity Building of Extension Personnel and Farmers
• Training to Farmers
• Women and Rural Youth