Farm Power & Machinery Management 3(2+1)

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  • Farm Power and Machinery Management -: Course Content Developed By :- Er. Rajesh Goyal Assistant Engineer Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engg., PAU, Ludhiana e-mail: goyalrajesh@pau.edu View Profile

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  Module 1. Role of mechanization and its relationships to productivity, employment, social and technical changes

  • Lesson 1. Role of Mechanization in Indian Agriculture Page
  • Lesson 2. Farm Power Availability and Productivity in India Page
  • Lesson 3. Major Problems Facing Mechanization in Indian Agriculture Page
  • Lesson 4. Farm mechanization index Page
  • Lesson 5. Farm mechanization and farm employment in India Page
  • Lesson 6. Agricultural Mechanization Policy Objectives and Recommendations Page
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  Module 2. Performance and power analysis

  • Lesson 7. Importance of farm machinery management Page
  • Lesson 8. Field Performance and power requirements Page
  • Lesson 9. Power Requirements Page
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  Module 3. Cost analysis of machinery- fixed cost and variable costs, effects of inflation on cost

  • Lesson 10. Cost of Operation of Farm Equipment Page
  • Lesson 11. Cost of Operation of Farm Equipment - continued Page
  • Lesson 12. Interest on Investment Page
  • Lesson 13. Variable Costs Page
  • Lesson 14. Solved examples Page
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  Module 4. Selection of optimum machinery and replacement criteria

  • Lesson 15 and 16. Selection of tractors Page
  • Lesson 17. Selection of matching farm equipment Page
  • Lesson 18. Development of computer programme for selection of farm equipment Page
  • Lesson 19. Replacement of farm machinery Page
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  Module 5. Break-even point and its analysis, reliability and cash flow problems

  • Lesson 20. Break-even point Page
  • Lesson 21. Break-even point in mechanizing farm operations Page
  • Lesson 22. Utilities and reliability index Page
  • Lesson 23. Cash Flow Analysis Page
  • Lesson 24. Agricultural credit Page
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  Module 6. Mechanization planning

  • Lesson 25 and 26 Page
  • Lesson 27. Factors in favour of farm mechanization Page
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  Module 7. Case studies and agricultural mechanization in India

  • Lesson 28 to 32 Page
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