Academic Department • Assam Agricultural University

Agronomy

Constituent Department under Sarat Chandra Sinha College of Agriculture

3 Faculty Members UG / PG Programmes 2 Projects Contact HOD
Academic Department

Agronomy

Constituent Department under Sarat Chandra Sinha College of Agriculture

The department of Agronomy, SCS College of Agriculture came into existence since the commencement of the college i.e. in the year 2014 with the mandate of undergraduate teaching on production technology of different field crops. The department offers both elective as well as the compulsory core courses in UG degree programme. The present faculty strength in the department is 3 (three). At present there are separate well equipped laboratories for UG along with a well managed crop cafeteria for conducting field practical by UG students.

Undergraduate (UG) Courses 19 Courses
# Course No. Course Title Credit Syllabus
1 Agron (Elect) -323 Weed management 3 (2+1)
2 Agron - 311 * Practical Crop Production - I (Kharif crops) 1 (0+1)
3 Agron - 321 * Practical Crop Production - II (Rabi crops) 1 (0+1)
4 Agron -221 * Farming System and Sustainable Agriculture 1 (1+0)
5 Agron -312 * Principles of Organic farming 2 (1+1)
6 Agron -322 * Rainfed Agriculture and Watershed Management 2 (1+1)
7 Agron(Elect)-414 Principles and Practices of Organic farming/Conservation agriculture 4 (3+1) —
8 Agron- 111 * Agricultural Heritage 1 (1+0)
9 Agron- 223 * Crop Production Technology-II (Kharif crops) 3 (2+1)
10 Agron-113 * Fundamentals of Agronomy 3 (2+1)
11 Agron-123 * Farming Based Livelihood System 3 (2+1) —
12 Agron-212(i) * Water Management 2 (1+1) —
13 Agron-212(ii) * Principles and Practices of Natural farming 2 (1+1) —
14 Agron-213 * Crop Production Technology-I (Rabi crops) 3 (2+1)
15 Agron-213 * Crop Production technology-I (Rabi crops) 3 (1+2) —
16 Agron-223 Crop Production technology-II (Kharif crops) 3 (1+2) —
17 Agron-312 * Introductory Agroforestry 2 (1+1) —
18 Agron-322(i) * Weed Management 2 (1+1) —
19 Agron-322(ii) * Dryland Agriculture/Rainfed Agriculture and Watershed management 2 (1+1) —
* indicates compulsory courses.

Research & Extension Projects

2 Total Projects
Ongoing Projects (2)
ICAR-NRCIPM Rs. 2.0 Lakh Ongoing
Validation and promotion of Integrated Pest management in Rice and Horticultural crops in NEH region in India
SERB (Science and Engineering Research Board) Rs. 27.07 Lakh Ongoing
Evaluation of land suitability for summer rice in Lower Brahmaputra Valley Zone of Assam using GIS and Remote Sensing