Unit-1: Definition, nature and scope of agricultural geography; Origin and dispersion of agriculture; Approaches to the study of agricultural geography.(15)
Unit-2: Determinants of agricultural patterns-physical, economic and technological; Agricultural systems of the world - location, distribution, types & characteristics of agriculture.(15)
Unit-3: Concept & techniques of delimitation of agricultural regions- Crop combination, Crop diversification; Measurement and determinants of agricultural Productivity, Agricultural land use theory- Von Thunen’s model of Land Use planning; spatial diffusion Process.(15)
Unit-4:
Agricultural Revolution in India (Green, White) Nature, Socio-economic constraints in the
adoption, performance, Problems & prospects. Land use survey, Land classification and land
capability, Dry land Agriculture, Food Security, Organic farming, Agricultural Policies in India.
(15)
- Teacher: Sambhaji Shinde Geo