COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN AGRICULTURER LTPC
3003
COURSEOBJECTIVES
To introduce the students to areas of agricultural systems in which IT and computers play a
major role.
To also expose the students to IT applications in precision farming.
To environmental control systems.
Agricultural systems management and weather prediction models.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION 9
Precision agriculture and agricultural management-Ground based sensors, Remote sensing, GPS, GIS
and mapping software, Yield mapping systems, Crop production modeling.
UNIT II ENVIRONMENT CONTROL SYSTEMS 9
Artificial light systems, management of crop growth in greenhouses, simulation of CO2 consumption
in greenhouses, on-line measurement of plant growth in the greenhouse, models of plant production
and expert systems in horticulture.
UNIT III AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT 9
Agricultural systems- managerial overview, Reliability of agricultural systems, Simulation of crop
growth and filed operations, Optimizing the use of resources, linear programming, project scheduling,
Artificial intelligence and decision support systems.
UNIT IV WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS 9
Importance of climate variability and seasonal forecasting, Understanding and predicting world’s
climate systems, Global climatic models and their potential for seasonal climate for casting, General
systems approach to applying seasonal climate forecasts.
UNIT V E-GOVERNANCE IN AGRICULTRAL SYSTEMS 9
Expert systems, decision support systems, Agricultural and biological databases, e-commerce-e-
business systems & applications, technology enhanced learning systems and solutions, e-learning, Rural
development and information society.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES
On successful completion of this course, the students will be able to:
CO1: The students shall be able to understand the applications of IT in remote sensing applications
such as Drones etc.
CO2: The students will be able to get a clear understanding of how a greenhouse can be automated
and its advantages.
CO3: The students will be able to apply IT principles and concepts for management of field
operations.
CO4: The students will get an understanding about weather models, their inputs and applications.
CO5: The students will get an understanding of how IT can be used for e-governance in agriculture.
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TEXT BOOKS
1. National Research Council, “Precision Agriculture in the 21st Century”, National Academies
Press, Canada, 1997.
2. H. Krug, Liebig, H.P. “International Symposium on Models for Plant Growth, Environmental
Control and Farm Management in Protected Cultivation”, 1989.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Peart, R.M., and Shoup, W. D., “Agricultural Systems Management”, Marcel Dekker, New
York, 2004.
2. Hammer, G.L., Nicholls, N., and Mitchell, C., “Applications of Seasonal Climate”, Springer,
Germany, 2000.
CO-PO AND CO-PSO MAPPING
Programme Outcomes (POs) PSOs
Course
Outcome PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 [PSO]
CO1 3 3 - - - - - - 1 2 - 2 3 - -
CO2 3 3 - - 2 2 3 - - - - - - 3 -
CO3 - 3 3 3 2 2 - - 1 - - - 3 - 3
CO4 - - 3 3 - 2 - - 1 - - - - - 3
CO5 3 - - - - 3 - 3 2 - - 2 3 - 3
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