From 2013, ARS Examination and NET Examination will be held separately once and twice a year respectively. Jagranjosh.com provides you the syllabus for Veterinary Pharmacology for the benefit of the aspirants preparing for ARS and NET Examination 2012. Candidates can go through the syllabus and prepare better for this exam.
Unit 1 : Agricultural Development and Policies
Role of agriculture in economic development; growth and development, characteristics of developing and developed economies; theories of development; role of economic, technological, social, cultural, political and environmental factors; interdependence between agricultural and industrial development; growth models - Harrod-Domar, neo-classical, Von Neumann; development strategies in India; five-year plans and agriculture.Agricultural growth analysis - determinants of agricultural growth and their measurements; planning models, features of planning in capitalist, socialist, neo-socialist and mixed economies; types of planning - micro level, regional, sectoral, agro-eco regional development; role of non-government orgnisations (NGOs) and self help groups (SHGs) in agricultural development; characterizing agricultural growth, changes in cropping pattern, decomposition analysis and sources of output growth; analysis of instability; capital formation, crop livestock insurance, infrastructure; transfer of technology - constraints to technology adoption, yield gap analysis and research planning; agricultural information system.Agricultural policy analysis and reforms - energy, water, fertilizer, land, seed, labour, technology, rural infrastructure, marketing, pricing, trade etc.Concepts of food security, production oriented policies, food price policies, food subsidies, food safety net and food quality. Measurement of poverty, poverty alleviation programmes.
Unit 2 : Natural Resource Management
Characteristics and classification of natural resources; sustainability issues in natural resources; role of economics in natural resource accounting, planning, management and policy formulation; social welfare function; allocation of renewable and non-renewable resources ( forests, water, land, etc.) under various market structures: management strategies for major natural resources; Government programmes for conservation and development of natural resources.
Unit 3 : Farm Business Management and Production Economics
Basic principles of farm management - marginal returns, opportunity cost, cost substitution, equimarginal returns, enterprises combination, time comparison and comparative advantage; cost concepts and analysis; farm efficiency measures; farm financial analysis; farm planning and budgeting; book keeping and accountancy; process of decision making under different knowledge situations; measurement and management of risk and uncertainty in agriculture (including livestock, horticulture, fisheries, forestry, etc.), diversification and insurance in agriculture and allied sectors. Forms and applications of production functions - linear. quadratic. square root, spillman, cubic, semi-log, Cobb-Douglas, constant elasticity of substitution (CES), variable elasticity of substitution (VES), etc; dualities between production, cost and profit functions; derivation of supply and factor demand functions from production and profit functions; optimization of resource allocation; product-product relationships; resource-enterprise organization; resource-use efficiency and returns to scale; frontier production function; total factor productivity; rainbow (green, white, yellow, blue, etc.) revolution.
Unit 4 : Agricultural Finance
Importance of agricultural finance; rural credit structure-demand, supply, sources and forms; estimation of credit requirement; cost of credit/capital; credit appraisal- 3 Rs and 3 Cs of credit; reforms in agricultural credit policy; innovations in agricultural financing - microfinance, kisan credit cards; role of institutions in agri-finance - public and private sector banks; cooperatives, micro-finance institutions (MFIs), SHGs; international financial institutions; principles of agricultural financial management; successes and failures of co-operative sector in India; Role of co-operatives under emerging economic scenario; agricultural project analysis; Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Benefit Cost (B-C) ratio analysis.
Unit 5 : Agricultural Marketing and Price Analysis
Marketing in a developing economy; structure, conduct and performance analysis; marketable and marketed surplus; marketing functions; processing, transportation, storage and warehousing; forward trading, futures market; and commodity, boards; channels in marketing, price spread and efficiency; problems in marketing agricultural produce; government interventions including regulated markets, procurement, buffer stock operations, co-operative marketing etc.; demand and supply models- formulation, estimation and projections; marketed surplus models: marketing of agricultural inputs; market integration; price stabilization measures and policies.
Unit 6: Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management
The agribusiness system; management processes, planning, controlling, organizing, motivating and leading; decision making; managerial skills; level of managers; organizational context of decisions; decision making models; management by objectives; organizational culture; management of organizational conflicts; managing change; leadership styles; group dynamics; motivation. Human resource planning, job analysis and design; recruitment, selection, induction and placement; human resource training and development; management development; performance appraisal and job evaluation; wagc and salary administration; promotion, transfer, separation, absenteeism and turnover, employee welfare and safety; morale; personnel supervision; styles; participative management; labour management relations; negotiation and negotiating skills; conflict management.
Unit 7 : Financial Management
Fundamentals of accounting and book-keeping; objectives and functions of financial management; analysis of financial statements- balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement; capital structure theories; sources of long term finance and cost of capital; concepts of components of working capital, managing working capital - cash management, dividend decision; capital budgeting, appraisal criteria; agribusiness financing system in India-money and capital markets, national, regional and global financial institutions; rural insurance; risk management; micro-credit.
Unit 8 : Marketing Management
Indian marketing environement; rural marketing; agricultural marketing system, wholesaling and retailing, consumer behaviour; the buying process; marketing mix; marketing strategy; planning marketing mix; market segmentation; land targeting: marketing organization, marketing information system, market research, marketing extension; rural retailing; international marketing and finance.
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