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Cultivation of Potato: Sector: Agriculture (For Modular Employable Skills) - Chennai National Instructional Media Institute (NIMI) c2010; 2011 - 97

Contents :
1. Practical

-Identify use,maintain ans store tools, equipment
-Practice the driving of tractor
-Select soil, climate,varieties and scope of potato cultivation
-Identify the equipments to prepare bed and soil raising
-Operate and calibrate potato planter
-Identify the different types,components,operation,care and maintenance of potato planter cum fertilizer applicator
-Demonstrate intercultural equipments
-Perform the Usage of irrigation equipments
-Practice on the safe operation of plant protection equipments
-Practice on the safe operation of plant protection equipment
-Practice on the manual and mechanical harvesting of potato
-Identify the different components , operation care and -maintenance of potato cleaner and grader
-Practice on the packaging and storing of potato
-Calculate the cost of cultivation

2.Theory
-Maintain ans store tools,equipments ans clothing safety
-Driving the tractor
-Soil,climate,varieties and scope of potato cultivation
-Equipment of prepare seed bed
-Operation and calibration of potato planter
-Potato planter cum fertilixer qpplicator
-Intercultural operations
-Irrigation methods, water requirement and moisture Conservation techniques
-Safe operation of plant protection equipments
-Manual and mechanical harvesting of potato
-Potato cleaner and grader
-Method of packaging and storing
-Cost of Cultivation and marketing

3.Assignment & Test


MES61

National Instructional Media Institute (NIMI)


Agriculture
Potato

635.21 / CUL