TY - BOOK AU - National Instructional Media Institute (NIMI) AU - DGET, MLE, Govt. of India TI - Cultivation of Vegetables: Sector: Agriculture (For Modular Employable Skills) SN - 635.3 U1 - 635.3 PY - 2010///; 2011 CY - Chennai PB - National Instructional Media Institute (NIMI) KW - Agriculture N1 - Contents : 1.Practical -Identify ,use, maintain store tools and equipments -Practice the driving of tractor -Select soil,climate ,varieties and identify scope of vegetable cultivation -Identify the equipment to prepare bed -practice on the operation and calibration of seed drills,trans planter and methods of sowing -Practice on the fertilizer applicator -Practice on the selection and demonstration of intercultural operations -Install irrigation equipments -Perform safe operation ,maintenance ans calibration of plant -protection equipments -Perform harvesting of vegetables manually/mechanically -Practice packing and storing of vegetables -Workout the cost of Cultivation 2.Theory -Maintain store tools,equipments and clothing safety -Tractor Driving -Soil ,Climate.Varieties and scope of Vegitable cultivation -Equipments to prepare seed bed -Operation and calibration of seed drills tranplanter and methods of sowing -Fertilizer applicator -Intercultural operations -Irrigation methods.water requirment and moisture conservation techniques -Safe operations, maintenance , adjustments and calibration of -plant protection equipments -harvesting of Vegetable by manually/mechanically -Packaging and storing -Cost of cultivation and marketing 3.Assignment & Test ER -