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Hi friends, I am interested to join Indian Agricultural Research Institute for studying PhD in Agriculture. Can I know about the duration of this PhD course? Kindly let me know about the course syllabus also of this particular PhD program. Thank you!

PhD in Agriculture is a 3 year duration course. This course is the advanced study of subjects such as plants, animals and farming and prepares the students to improve crop yields. The detailed syllabus is given below.

Semester I

Advances in Agricultural Extension
Advanced Design and Techniques in Social Science Research
Advances in Training Technology
Crop Ecology
Advances in Crop Growth and Productivity
Advances in Water Management
Advances in Weed Management

Semester II

Organizational Development
Advanced Instructional Technology
Seminar I (Formulation, Plan of Work)
Soil Conservation and Watershed Management
Stress Crop Production
Crop Production and System Modeling

Semester III

Media Management
Transfer of Technology in Agriculture
Simulation Techniques
Advanced Statistical Inference
Advanced Design of Experiments
Advanced Sampling Techniques

Semester IV

Theory Construction in Social Sciences
Advanced Management Techniques
Doctoral Seminar I
Doctoral Seminar II
Doctoral Research

Semester V

Advanced Econometrics
Quantitative Development Policy Analysis
Advanced Micro-Economic Analysis
Advanced Macro-Economic Analysis
Advanced Production Economics

Semester VI

Seminar II (Pre-Submission)
Doctoral Research
Advance in Soil Physics
Physical Chemistry of Soils
Advances in Soil Fertility
Soil Genesis and Micropedology
Doctoral Research