Institute of Agri-Business Management, Navsari

Agricultural University, Navsari

SEMESTERS WISE COURSE SCHEDULING OF MBA (Agribusiness)

First Semester

Course No. Name of Course Credit

   
ABM-601 Agribusiness Management 2+0
ABM-602 Management Concepts 2+0
ABM-603 Business Communication 1+1
ABM-604 Organizational Theory & Behavior 2+0
ABM-605 Managerial Accounting and Control 1+1
ABM-606 Managerial Economics 2+0
ABM-607 Marketing Management 2+0
ABM-608 Production and Operations Management 1+0
ABM-609 Quantitative Techniques in Management 2+1
ABM-610 Business Environment 2+0
TOTAL 17+3=20

Second Semester
Course No. Name of Course Credit
.
ABM-611 Research Methods in Management 2+0
ABM-612 Management Information Systems 1+1
ABM-613 Strategic Management 2+0
ABM-614 Retail Management 2+0
ABM-615 Rural Marketing 1+0
ABM-616 Human Resource  Management 2+0
ABM-617 Agril. Export Marketing and International Trade 2+0
ABM-618 Management of Agribusiness cooperatives 2+0
ABM-619 Financial Management 2+1
ABM-620 Logistic & Supply Chain Management 1+0
ABM-621 Seminar 1+0
ABM-622 Industrial Attachment 0+0
                                         TOTAL 18+2=20
 Third Semester

Course No. Name of Course Credit

     
ABM-623 Agribusiness Project Management 2+0
ABM-624 Quality Management 2+0
ABM-625- Electives courses 16
648
                                             TOTAL 20 credits

ELECTIVE COURSES IN AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT

(Total of 16 credits equivalent courses to be selected by the
student)

Course No. Name of Course Credit

A. AGRI INPUTS
ABM-625 Fertilizer Technology & Management 2+0
ABM-626 Pesticide Technology & Management 2+0
ABM-627 Seed Technology & Management 2+0

B. HORTICULTURE
ABM-628 Vegetable Production & Post Harvest Management 2+0
ABM-629 Fruit Production & Post Harvest Management 2+0
ABM-630 Floriculture & Landscape Management 2+0
ABM-631 Value Addition in Medicinal, Aromatic & Spices 2+0
plants
ABM-632 Management of Protected Cultivation of 2+0
Horticultural Crops

C. FARM ENGINEERING
ABM-633 Farm Machinery & Power Management 2+0
ABM-634 Irrigation Systems Management 2+0
ABM-635 Agroprocessing Management 2+0
ABM-636 Renewable Energy Resources Management 2+0

D. FOOD PRODUCTS
ABM-637 Food Technology Management 2+0
ABM-638 Organic Food Production Technology & 2+0
Management

E. LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS
ABM-639 Dairy Products Management 2+0
ABM-640 Poultry Products Management 2+0
ABM-641 Animal Feed Technology & Management 2+0
ABM-642 Poultry Feed Technology & Management 2+0

F. OTHER ELECTIVE COURSES

ABM-643 Agribusiness & Participatory Management 2+0
ABM-644 Micro-Enterprise Management 2+0
ABM-645 Biotechnology & Agribusiness Management 2+0
ABM-646 Agriculture Risk Management 2+0
ABM-647 Contract Farming 1+0
ABM-648 Micro Finance for Agribusiness 1+0

Fourth Semester
Course No. Name of Course Credit

ABM-649 Management Traineeship Project 15

                                           TOTAL 15 credits

First Year
Semester-I

(1) ABM 601: Agribusiness Management Concepts (2+0)

Agribusiness- definition and nature, components of agribusiness management,
changing dimension of agricultural business. Organization and operation of farm
business, tools of farm business organization and operation, steps in farm
business organization. Evaluation of available resources, appraisal and goals of
farm business and approach to reorganization of the farm business. Constraints
in agribusiness management; infrastructural, institutional, technological, social
and cultural, etc emerging agribusiness areas. Agribusiness of input sector; types
of agribusiness inputs-fertilizers, pesticides, farm machinery and equipments.
Private and public agribusiness services; farm credits. Agribusiness output
sector; agriculture marketing, commodity marketing, agriculture marketing
channels, Contemporary issues and case studies.
(2) ABM 602: Management Concepts (2+0)
Nature, scope and significance of management; evolution of management
thoughts; approaches of management; management as science, art and
Profession; social responsibility of management. Comparison of Japanese
and Indian management system; Management in 21st Century; relevance
of ancient Indian management to present management practices. Nature,
significance and scope of planning; process of planning; types of
structures of plan; Business objectives; management by objectives; the
process and techniques of decision making; decision making under risk and
uncertainty. Nature and significance of organizing; organizational structures;
departmentation; line and staff relationships; Concepts and process of
delegation, decentralization & centralization. Meaning & process of control;
control techniques; control by exceptions; behavioral aspects of control.
Contemporary issues and case studies.
(3) ABM 603: Business Communication (1+1)
Definition, theory and problems of communication. Profile of an effective
communicator. Business communication- its nature and possesses.
Organizational communication including corporate communication, formal and
informal communication-business letters, and memos, report writing, oral
communication. Application of communication_ negotiation, presentation, project
report, preparation of resumes/CV’s group discussion, and personal interviews,
business etiquette, language skills for effective communication. Case analysis.

(4) ABM 604: Organization Theory and Behaviour (2+0)

Social processes and issues-Indian environment, the changing scenario, social
issues and organizational relevance, organizational values and work ethics.
Individual behaviour-understanding human behaviour, perception, values,
attitudes and job satisfaction, learning, motivation, positive psychology approach
to organizational behaviour. Interpersonal process; role and role effectiveness,
managing work motivation, coping with frustration, stress and business outs,
leadership styles. Group and inter-group process-Interpersonal communication,
effective teams, conflict management and developing collaboration, leadership
performances, organizational processes-organizational culture and climate,
organizational change, organizational development. Case studies.

(5) ABM 605: Managerial Accounting and Control (1+1)

Concept, importance, scope of financial and management accounting,
accounting policies and their implications; analysis of annual financial
statements; Designing accounting system for decision making. Profit and loss
account; balance sheet; adjustments in final accounts, measurement of business
income; long term assets and depreciations; inventory valuation and estimation.
Ratio analysis; comparative statements; trend analysis; cash flow analysis; fund
flow analysis; marginal costing and profit planning; cost-volume-profit analysis;
standard costing and variance analysis. Meaning and concept of budget;
budgeting and budgetary control; types of budget; fixed and flexible budget;
performance budgeting and zero based budgeting; budgetary control as s
management tool. Inflation accounting; accounting for price level changes;
human resource accounting; use of models and computers in accounting.
Auditing and publishing of Annual Reports. Concepts and systems of cost
accounting. Contemporary issues and case studies.

(6) ABM 606: Managerial Economics (2+0)

Concepts and techniques, Introduction to Managerial Economics, Optimization
Techniques; Demand decisions -Analysis of Demand and Demand Estimation,
Business and Economic Forecasting; Production and costs -Production
concepts and Analysis, Cost concepts and Analysis, Empirical estimates of
production and costs, Linear programming – Problem Formulation, Graphical
Method, Solution Algorithms; Market structure -Concepts of competition and
Monopoly, Pricing Strategies and Tactics; Long term planning decisions Risk
and Decision making, Capital Budgeting, Case studies.

(7) ABM 607: Marketing Management (2+0)

Meaning, definition and basic concepts of marketing; marketing environment;
planning for marketing; consumer behaviour; buying process. Introduction to
marketing models, their characteristics, limitation and precautions. Market
segmentation, target and positioning; product classification; product life cycle;
new product development; pricing strategies. Marketing channels and their
functions; advertising and sales promotion; marketing communication, personal
selling; design of the marketing mix; branding and packaging. Marketing of
services. Case studies.

(8) ABM 608: Production and Operations Management (1+0)

Concept, importance and historical background and production management;
role of production functions; types of production systems. Capacity planning and
management; plant location and plant layout; production scheduling and control
techniques; materials requirements and planning. Inventory systems; quality
management; statistical quality control; acceptance sampling and control charts.
Introduction to work study; principles and applications of time study; work
sampling; Maintenance management; types of maintenance; considerations in
maintenance; value analysis and engineering; productivity and its measurement.
Case studies.

(9) ABM 609: Quantitative Techniques in Management (2+1)

Introduction to operations research and Mathematical managerial applications,
Measures of Central Tendencies and Dispersion, frequency distribution;
continuous and discrete; property of good measures of variations; standard
deviation; COV; Correlation, Regression Analysis and Forecasting, Probability
different approaches to probability theory, Transportation models and assignment
models, Queuing, Linear programming,-formulation of problem and its solution by
graphical and simplex method, Game theory and simulation, case studies.

(10) ABM 610: Business Environment (2+0)

Nature of Modern Business in changing business environment-Environment
Analysis-Economic and Non-Economic environment, Macro and
Microenvironment of business, Understanding Macro-Economic Indicators;
Global business environment-Manifestations of Globalization, Strategies for
going Global, Foreign investment and Multinational Corporations; Economic
environment-Economic Fluctuations, Economic Planning and Controls, Factors
in Economic Development; Business And Government-Contemporary fiscal
and Monetary policy, Industrial Policy, Export and import policy, Continuing
Economic Reforms; Financial environment of business- Indian money market,
Capital Markets, Stock Exchanges, Commercial banking, Financial Institutions,
Business Ethics.
 First Year
Semester- II

ABM 611: Research Methods in Management (2+0)

Introduction to Research Methods in Management, Interaction between
Management and Research Process, Research Method, Scientific Method and
Research Process, Research objectives, Information Methods and Types of
Research, Defining the Research Problem, Research Design.
Data Design, Search of secondary Data, Basic Methods of collection of Data;
Observation and Questionnaire method, Construction Procedure, Attitude
Measurement; Introduction to Sampling, Sampling size decisions; Data Analysis
Tests of Significance, Editing and coding of Data, Tabulation of Data, Application
of statistical Methods for Data Analysis.

ABM 612: Management Information System for Agribusiness (1+1)

Information technology- an overview of information technology, computer
systems, computer software, System analysis and computer languages. Building
information system, Operating system and its application. System analysis and
design. Management information system. Economics of information system.
Control and security information system and functional area applications.
Transaction, Processing System-1(Human Resource and Marketing
Management) and Processing System-II (Operations and Financial
Management) Support systems for management decisions. Data base
management system; data warehousing and data mining, Tactical and strategic
information management, Data communication, e-transaction information system
for agriculture, agricultural data analysis software (SPSS, QSB), GIS. Case
analysis.

ABM 613: Strategic Management (2+0)

Issues in corporate management; Corporate management; an overview,
introduction to corporate strategy, corporate policy. Corporate governance;
historical perspective (need and scope, what are the driving forces), top
management and corporate governance (board of directors etc.) Code of conduct
(audit committee; governance committee etc.). Competitive scenario and
strategy, strategies for dynamic and stable markets (growth curve perspectives)
strategies for domestic and global markets, market structure and net work
externalities (strategies for domestic markets like monopoly etc.) Strategic
enables; IT and strategy, technology and R & D, knowledge. Management (IPR,
learning organizations), innovation (production, innovation, process innovation,
business model). Corporate social responsibility; strategy and social
responsibility, ethics and values, social audit, philanthropy as a strategic choice.

ABM 614: Retail Management (2+0)

An overview of retailing environment; introduction to retailing, evolution of retail
environment, formats of retail environment. Retail planning and development;
understanding the retail customer, marketing research for retailing, strategic retail
planning process, locational decisions, growth strategies. Retail mix; product
merchandise, pricing, promotions and communication mix, atmospherics. Retail
organization structure and management of human resources, CRM, monitoring
and controlling retail operations. Concept of food retailing. Issues impacting retail
business in India; legal and security issues in retail, technology in retailing, non-
store retailing. Contemporary issues and case studies.

ABM 615: Rural Marketing (1+0)

Rural markets - an overview; rural markets in India, understanding rural
environment. Understanding the rural consumer; differential aspects of buying
behaviour, major influential, buyer behaviour, reference groups, trends in
consumer behaviour, rural marketing research. Product and pricing decisions for
the rural markets; product development, production adoption process, product
modification, decision –including package decision, branding decision, product
augmentation for the rural market, pricing decision. Managing the promotion;
understanding rural media, message design and development for rural market,
rural promotion effort building relationship diversity of rural promotion event.
Accessing rural markets; institutions, dynamics of distribution process,
participants in the rural distribution process, type of intermediaries, physical
distribution process. Contemporary issues and case studies.

ABM 616: Human Resource Management (2+0)

Concept, meaning and scope of human resource management; human resource
development (HRD); employee behaviour; manpower planning. Recruitment;
selection; job analysis, description and specification; induction; training; job
relation; career and succession planning. Compensation; performance appriosal;
360 degree appraisal system; rewards and incentives; fringe benefits; monetary
and non-monetary benefits; employee welfare. Motivating employees, managing
employee discipline; grievance handling; employee exit; VRS: employee as
resource and competitive advantage. Industrial relations machinery in India.
Industrial disputes; trade unions; collective bargaining; participative
management. Outsourcing of human resources. Case Studies.

ABM 617: Agri-Export Marketing and International Trade (2+0)

The scale, complexity and significance of international market. International
market and overview of World agricultural Trade. Procedures for exports,
planning agribusiness analysis of export markets, tools and techniques for
optimizing the export function. Agricultural exports and inputs with special
reference to India; Trade Barriers, systems of Codes and International
Databases, International payments and credit for export; Competitiveness in
World Food Economy; WTO and provisions under the new trade regime.
Background and Important Agreements in agriculture, subsidies, Procurement,
Anti Dumping Measures, TRIPS, GATS, Dispute Settlement Mechanism;
Promotions, Agricultural Exports, Preparation of Export Business Plans, Role of
APEDA.
ABM 618: Management of Agribusiness Co-operative (2+0)
Cooperatives, System of governance, membership, operating system, socio-
political and economic conditions under which they function. Emergence.
Endurance and growth of primary cooperatives and their federal organization.
Marketing, quality assurance, capital mobilization. HR issues specific to
cooperative enterprises. Overview of agribusiness cooperatives, credit
cooperatives, tribal cooperatives MIS for agribusiness cooperative. Self Help
Groups. Collective action and leadership in cooperatives. Cooperative laws and
other aspects of regulation of cooperative enterprise, nature of Government
intervention inhibiting/ promoting cooperative growth. Cooperative movement,
successful cooperatives. NDDB, SEWA etc. Contemporary issues and case
studies.

ABM 619: Financial Management (2+1)

Nature, objective and scope of financial management; financial functions; Indian
financial system; objectives of the firm and valuation of the firm. Time value of
money. Determinants of working capital requirement; management of cash,
accounts, receivables and inventory; investment financing. Short and immediate
term financing; long term financing; capital structure and cost of capital;
operating financial leverage. Capital Budgeting; concepts and steps, ranking of
capital budgeting; Project; dividend policy and internal financing. Banks;
Financial institutions, mutual fund-financing and their role; functioning of stock
exchanges. Recent trends in Indian money and capital markets.

ABM 620: Logistics and Supply Chain Management (1+0)

Logistics and supply chain management- introduction, strategic issues, corporate
profitability, customer focus in supply chain management, challenges facing
supply chain management. Supply chain integration, understanding supply chain,
network planning, inbound and outbound logistics and inventory management,
supplier’s relationships and cost reduction, outsourcing, procurement and supply
contracts, the role of information systems in supply chain management. JIT and
quality management. ERP and supply chain management. Organizational issues
in supply chain management. Cases.

ABM 621: Seminar (1+0)

ABM 622: Industrial Attachment (0+0)

To be completed during summer break.

Second Year
Semester- III (Total 20 Credits)
Core Courses

ABM 623: Agribusiness Project Management (2+0)

Project formulation and special characteristics of agribusiness and development
projects. Project management- an overview, feasibility and technical analysis,
market and demand analysis, economic and financial analysis, formulation of
detailed project reports. Project planning and scheduling; planning time scales-
network analysis, material and equipment, human resource, project costing and
financing. Project organization, Implementation and control. Project management
information system, material and equipment, human resource, financial aspects.
Project completion and evaluation; integrated project management control
system, managing transition from project to operations, project review.

ABM 624: Quality Management in Agribusiness (2+0)

Basic concepts of quality management, importance of quality and the role of
quality assurance in agribusiness. TQM and business strategy. Quality control
process and its relevance. Quality grades and standards; overview and
relevance, benefits to consumers, producers and food processors, food grades
and standards for various food commodities; cereals, fruits and vegetables,
meats, poultry products. Statistics relevant to quality control, quality control
charts used in the food industry, process control to assure food quality, food
processing, food quality standards and world food trade. HACCP, ISO9000,
auditing and certification.

Compulsory Courses (Total of 16 credits)

A. AGRI INPUTS
ABM 625: Fertilizer Technology and Management (2+0)
Types of fertilizers-their production and future demand in the country,
Composition and significance of fertilizers; role of nutrient elements and their
significance in plant nutrition, non-monetary inputs and their significance in
farming, micro-irrigation(including fertigation) techniques and their use efficiency,
Promotional and publicity activities, cost; benefit ratio of use of fertilizers
including specialty (fully water soluble) fertilizers. Integrated nutrient
management bio-fertilizers, significance of organic sources. Complaint handling.
Demand forecasting, development and management of dealers network, dealers
development and motivation, Fertilizer Control Order (FCO) and its application,
market intelligence, feed back and system improvement, time management,
market segmentation, product fit, inventory management, bench marketing of
sale terms and practices and competitors activities, cash flow management,
impact analysis, call cycle, VAT and its application.

ABM 626: Pesticide Technology and Management (2+0)

Pesticides and their classification-fungicides, herbicides and insecticides, Mode
of action of pesticides. Pesticide pollution-pathways, bio accumulation and bio
magnification, biological transfer of pesticides, susceptibility of biological
material. Insecticidal poisoning, system of poisoning. Development of
agrochemical. Basic principles of synthesis of agrochemical, structure-toxicity
relationship. Testing of synthesized molecules-primary, secondary and tertiary
screening. Toxicological studies-acute and chronic toxicity, ADIMRI.LD 50, VSR;
Formulations-EC, WP, SC, ULV and GR. Registration, packaging and
neutralization of contaminated containers, appliances and vehicles. Plant
protection organizations and their functions. Plant Protection Regulation (Act
1968 and Rules-1971).Principles and methods of pest management including
IPM, biodiversity and pest management, pests of important crops. Bio control
methods. Plant protection appliances-classification, structure and functions,
nozzles-basic structure and types. Marketing of pesticide, Status of pesticide
production and trade.

ABM 627: Seed Technology and Management (2+0)

Seed Production Technology-Basic principles and strategy for seed production.
Seed Industry in India, and International Seed System; National seed
Corporation, Tarai Development Corporation, state seed Corporation, National
Seed Project, State Farms and their role; Development & Management of Seed
Programmes-Seed Village Concept, Basic Strategy of Crop Seed Production,
Private Seed Agencies and its role. Planning and organization of Seed
Programmes; Types of Seed Programme-Nucleus seed, Breeders seed,
Foundation seed, Certified seed, etc. Management and maintenance of genetic
purity-Minimum seed certification standards and management of breeder and
nucleus seed; Management of seed testing laboratory and research &
developments; Management of seed processing plant, seed storage
management seed packaging and handling; Seed marketing; G. M. Crop seed.
IPR, PBR, Patents and related issues and their impact on developing countries;
Legal protection for crop varieties-Statutory intervention in the seed industry;
Seed legislation and seed law enforcement, Seed Act; Visit to seed production
farms, seed processing units, NSC, RSSC, and seed testing laboratories.

B. HORTICULTURE

ABM 628: Vegetable Production and Post Harvest Management (2+0)

Vegetable production technology; Bio-technological approaches in vegetable
improvement; Water management in vegetable crops; protected cultivation in
Vegetable production management, Vegetable production for export purpose,
potential and constraints. Private sector initiative in vegetable production
management Micro irrigation in vegetable production. Vegetable production
based industries. Hi-tech horticulture-precision farming, greenhouse and
polyhouse production strategies for commercial vegetable production and making
a mark in international market. Post harvest management of vegetable- storage,
processing, packaging and marketing of vegetable based products.
ABM 629: Fruit Production and Post Harvest Management (2+0)
Major fruit plants of the Indian Horticultural Production System. Establishment of
fruit orchards for commercialization of horticulture in different parts of the country
depending on the climatic conditions. Maturity indices of fruits. Post harvest
management of fruits including storage and nutrition value. Structure of major
wholesale markets. Procurement management and major fruit treatments, pre-
harvest factors important for marketing, standardization and quality control
related to horticultural produce for domestic market and international trade. Cold
storage-types and operation. Planning and designing of pre-cooling facility.
Related marketing infrastructure and regulated market reforms and policy issues.
Marketing legislation. Phytosanitary requirements for export purpose. Post
harvest practices for quality assurance in exportable commodities. Managerial
and operational requirement for efficient post harvest management.

ABM 630: Floriculture and Landscape Management (2+0)

Floriculture in India; Prospects for growth of floriculture industry and
constraint; Classification and production management of different ornamental
crops. Export potential of ornamental plants and cut flower;(Hi-tech propagation
of ornamental crops).Garden tools and implements-types, maintenance and
management; Plant growth regulators and their role in floriculture industry-Green
house production management of floricultural crops; Bonsai art, terrarium and
miniature plant culture; Orchid production, management and export; Floriculture
industry-biotechnological approach-improvement, cut flowers, propagation and
preservation. Seed production technology of different flowers and marketing;
Post harvest handling and marketing of flowering plants; Cut flower industry-
scope, marketing and constraints; Dried flowers-production, foliage craft and their
management; Essential oils and other valuable products from ornamental crops
and their marketing; Project formulation, management and implementation;
Gardens-history and styles; Principles of landscaping and environment;
Landscape architecture-planning designs; Landscaping places of public
importance; Garden features and adornment; Lawn establishment, maintenance
and management; Computer application in floriculture; Flower show and garden
competition, and plant quarantine rules and regulations.

ABM 631: Value Addition in Medicinal, Aromatic and Spices Plants (2+0)
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and Spices - their importance and
classification. An overview of the status of production, uses and export potential.
Salient research achievements in different value added products of medicinal,
aromatic and spices plants. Economics of value added products. Business
opportunities for different value added products in domestic and world market.

ABM 632: Management of Protected Cultivation of Horticultural Crops (2+0)

Introduction, structures, types and cladding materials for different climatic zones
and crops. Monitoring of green house environment – photoperiod, temperature,
humidity and CO2 and other gases. Use of computer in green house
management. Management of growing media, fertilizers, irrigation and nutrients.
Economics of protected cultivation of important crops (vegetables and
ornamental crops). Case study of protected v/s open cultivation. Grading,
packaging, storage and transportation. Off-season management of protected
cultivation of selected crops.

C. FARM ENGINEERING

ABM 633: Farm Machinery and Power Management (2+0)

Optimum machinery management-machinery performance, power performance,
operator’s performance, economics etc. Cost estimation of power source and
machinery. Selection of tractors and matching implements/machinery.
Computation of implement size and power requirement for given land area and
cropping pattern. Present status of tractor availability and matching implements
in the country and their projected demand.

ABM 634: Irrigation Systems Management (2+0)

Surface and ground water resources. Present Irrigation and water requirement
and projected demand. Different water resources for irrigation-water and
irrigation requirement of various crops under different agro climatic zones. Soil
water-plant relationship, irrigation scheduling, conveyance and management of
irrigation water. Selection, installation and operation of irrigation pumps-
centrifugal, propeller, air jet, turbine and submersible pump. Present status and
future demand of irrigation pumps. Methods of irrigation-check basin, furrow,
border and surface irrigation. Pressurized irrigation systems- sprinklers, drip,
micro sprinklers and sub surface drip irrigation. Fertigation and application of
pesticides through pressurized irrigation system. Sustainable management of
water resources through pressurized irrigation systems and its economics.

ABM 635: Agro processing Management (2+0)

Production of food grain, fruits, vegetables, milk and meat and their processing
as food material and other uses: present status and future demand. Processing
of food products-cleaning, drying, grading, packaging, storage and
transportation. Post harvest processing losses and their management for loss
reduction. Value addition in food products. Food quality and safety standards of
agricultural raw and processed material. Present status and future demand of
various food processing units e.g. cleaners, driers graders, storage structures,
packaging units, rice/flour mills, dal dehuller, oil expellants etc.

ABM 636: Renewable Energy Resources Management (2+0)

Present status of conventional energy resource against total energy demand of
country. Renewable energy sources-bioenergy, wind energy and solar, tidal
energy and geothermal energy. Significance of bioenergy, wind energy and solar
energy in rural economy. Community bio-gas plant for cooking, lighting, running
internal combustion engine for lift irrigation, chaff cutting, flour mail and other
agricultural operations. Manurial value of biogas plant slurry. Management of
wind energy for lift irrigation and power generation for agro industries. Solar
energy for cooking, grain drying, lighting, etc. Thermal energy storage and solar
ponds. Increased crop productivity through green houses, polyhouses and other
systems offering desired microclimatic condition. Socio-economic aspects of
renewable energy, solar energy and wind energy to meet the requirement of rural
sector. Bio fuel resource management-need for alternate sources of fuel and
public and private sector initiatives for promoting bio fuel availability. Jatropha
cultivation for bio diesel production, other potential bio-sources/plants for bio fuel
and advantages of bio diesel over petroleum diesel.

D. FOOD PRODUCTS

ABM 637: Food Technology Management (2+0)

Present status of food industry in India; organizational structure of food industry;
major dimensions of food based industries; risk management; unit operations of
food industry, deteriorative factors and their control; laws and regulations
related to food industry; Quality management in food industry-quality standards
and ISO: principles of food preservation and processing; preservation through
temperature reduction, water removal, radiation, heat processing, fermentation
and use of preservatives, technology of extrusion, solvent extraction, refining
and hydrogenation; processing of dairy and poultry products; cereal milling;
pulse milling; oil seeds crushing; processing of fruits and vegetables;
confectionery; tea and coffee processing; food additive and toxicology;
protection of food during storage and transportation; food packaging-packaging
material, radiation stabilized food packaging of dehydrated products, distribution
of food products; Baking process and products. Novel food production and
processing-mushroom/fermented products irradiated and radiated foods.

ABM 638: Organic Food Production Technology and Management (2+0)

Impact of hi-tech agriculture on crop production and environment. Alternate
agriculture, sustainable agriculture and sustainable livelihood. Organic farming-
concept, definition, principles and components. Status of organic farming in India
and in other countries. Organic certification system. National programme on
organic production in India. Organic livestock and crops. Organic horticulture.
Conversation to organic production. Organic farming project development.
Marketing of organic produce. Agri entrepreneurship in organic agriculture.
Economics, environmental feasibility and sustainability of organic production
system. Bio village concept. Organic food industry and trade of organic products.

E. LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS

ABM 639: Dairy Products Management (2+0)

Dairy development and business in India: An overview; Operation Flood, Milk
Cooperatives and other initiatives. Milk and dairy products as food; Dairy
processes; Marketing and processing of dairy products. Quality standards
applicable to production and marketing of dairy products. Feed management;
dairy product trade.
ABM 640: Poultry Products Management (2+0)
Poultry development and business in India. Distribution, types and sizes of
poultry units; management of layer operation; Rearing replacement pullets;
Characteristics and attributes of eggs; Broiler management; Processing and
marketing of eggs and poultry meat; Poultry Feed Management; Poultry product
trade; Quality standards for poultry products.
ABF 641: Animal Feed Technology and Management (2+0)
Compound feed- objectives, basics principles, selection and purchase of raw
material. Quality management in relation to feed ingredients. Efficient functioning
of compound feed mills and management of large scale mechanized feed plants.
Feed formulation-ingredients used and their economic importance for poultry and
diary industry. Feed formulation for animals belonging to other spices. Urea
Molasses Block Technology-principles and objectives of UMMB industry.
Formulation and preparation of UMM Blocks and effect of their feeding on
animals. Prospects of diversification of UMM Block Technology. Feeding of by-
pass protein in ruminants. Methods of protein protection and estimation.
Advantages and disadvantages of feeding protected proteins. Quality control
assurance in feed industry. Complete feed system-principles and objectives of
complete feed. Densification of complete feed and their formulation for different
categories of animals. Drought Proofing Technology-its industrial advantages.
Status of animal feed production and trade.

ABM 642: Poultry Feed Technology and Management (2+0)

Physiological and economic importance of poultry feeding. Changing scenario of
poultry feeding. Nutritional requirement of poultry birds and quality management
of their feed. Requirement of feed stuffs and animal and vegetable based
supplements of poultry ration. Mineral supplementation and use of non-nutrient
additives in poultry ration for enhanced poultry production. Preparation of poultry
ration. Designing of poultry ration-feeding different categories of poultry birds,
yardstick for boiler growth and feed computation. Feed consumption and
management in a poultry setup. Status of poultry feed production and trade.

F. OTHER ELECTIVE COURSES

ABM 643: Agribusiness and Participatory Management (2+0)

Agriculture extension processes and approaches, participatory rural appraisal,
principles of participatory extension, tools and techniques of participatory
management. Farmer’s organizations and farmer led marketing for promoting
agribusiness. Reorganization of extension management systems. Socio-
economic and environmental impact of agribusiness.

ABM 644: Micro-Enterprise Management (2+0)

Entrepreneur and Concept of Agrientrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial behaviour
under socio-economic and political environment, Strategies for innovative ideas
for development of microenterprises. Nature, concept and historical evolution of
entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial competencies; institutional interface.
Opportunity scanning; market assessment; choice of enterprise; choice of
technology; selection of site. Financing the new enterprises; preparation of
business plan; financial management issues. Operations management and
marketing management issues in SSE’s organizational relations. Management
performance assessment and control of micro-enterprises; strategies for
stabilization and growth. Contemporary issues and case studies.

ABM 645: Biotechnology and Agribusiness Management (2+0)

Present status of biotechnology based industries-agro-input industry, food
industry, pharmaceutical industry etc. Application of biotechnology in industries.
Plant tissue culture techniques and their application in development of agriculture
and food industry. Agricultural biotechnology-application against disease, insect,
biotic stress resistance, nutritional quality improvement in crops, production of
useful proteins from plants and production of biofertilizers. Potential of GM crops
in the growth of Indian agriculture. Introduction of Bt. cotton and its socio-
economic impact. Consumers concern for GM food and crops, biosafety
regulations in India, ethical issues, new patent act. Industrial enzymes for textile,
leather, paper, food and beverage industry. Environmental biotechnology-
bioremediation, biodegradation, biomining and pollution control, biodiversity and
conservation. Emerging opportunities in biotech industry-Genomics and
bioinformatics, clinical and contract research, tissue and organ engineering.
Pharmaceutical biotechnology-production of recombinant vaccines and
therapeutical proteins for pharmaceutical purposes. Diagnostic kits and gene
therapy.

ABM 646: Contract Farming (1+0)

Contract farming-need for contract farming and its definition; contract farming
framework, contract farming arrangement-centralized model, nucleus estate
model, multipartite model, informal model, intermediary model. Project
formulation and management-coordination, crop husbandry, human resource.
Advantages of contract farming for farmers and sponsors and the problems faced
by them. Contract farming and WTO agreement. Policies for promoting contract
farming. Agreement for contract farming-parties, duration, produce and quality
specification, delivery arrangements pricing, insurance, support services etc.
Prospects of contract farming in India in view of interest for commercialization of
agriculture. Active organizations in contract farming and their success stories.

ABM 647: Agricultural Risk Management (2+0)

Concept and meaning of agricultural risk; Variate and non-covarite risk; Risk
Management for farmers: Types of risks-price risk, yield risk, climate and weather
risk, asset risk, health risk, etc. Impact of climate change and weather
aberrations on crop yield and socio-economic status with special reference to
arid regions; Strategies for agricultural risk management; Designing, products
and programmes for combating risk, Estimation of losses. Risk avoidance and
mitigation; Agricultural insurance, compensation, legislative and regulatory
mechanism.

ABM 648: Micro-Finance for Agribusiness (1+0)

Micro-finance: An overview of the fast growing industry; status and trends.
Portfolio and delinquency management. Pricing of micro-finance products;
applicable interest rates and sustainability, important aspects and strategic
issues for developing a business plan. Project formulation related to a micro
enterprise for financial support, its economic feasibility and repayment plan.
Need for micro saving services, micro insurance, and micro credit and self-help
groups. Overview of micro financing agencies in India and role of RBI, NABARD,
commercial banks in providing financial support for small scale projects related to
agribusiness and rural development. Micro-finance standards, subsidy
dependence and sustainability, legal aspects of microfinance. MIS for micro-
finance. Contemporary issues and case studies.

Second Year
Semester- IV
ABM 649: Management traineeship project (15)
The traineeship is designed to provide the students with an opportunity to work
closely with experienced managers in an organizational setting. Every student
will select a research project in his / her filed of specialization in consultation with
the advisor / head of the department and will submit a written project report. The
report will be evaluated jointly by the external and internal examiners who will
also conduct viva-voce based on the project report.