M.Tech / ICAR-NET · FMPE

Farm Mechanization and Equipment

FMPE-U1 Farm Machinery & Power Engineering

Syllabus topic plan

1. 01Status of farm mechanization in India; power availability on farms and trends in mechanization
2. 02Functional requirement, principle of working and constructional features of animal and power operated equipment
3. 03Equipment for land development, tillage, sowing, planting and transplanting
4. 04Equipment for fertilizer application and inter-cultivation
5. 05Equipment for plant protection
6. 06Equipment for harvesting, threshing, mowing, chaff cutting and baling
7. 07Special equipment for crops: vegetables, sugarcane, cotton, groundnut, potato and fruit crops
8. 08Equipment for orchard and plantation crops: coconut, areca nut, cashew nut

Part of the M.Tech / ICAR-NET curriculum (ICAR recommendations). Upload or find notes, previous-year papers and quick-revision reels for each topic on theciae.