1. Rainfed farming: Introduction, characteristics, distribution, and problems
2. Efficient management of rainfed crops, contingent crop planning for aberrant weather situations
3. Management of rainfed crops: Choice of crops and varieties; Planting methods under low rainfall conditions
4. Water harvesting and moisture conservation; Study of mulches and antitranspirants
5. Principles of Intercropping; Cropping systems/intercropping systems in rainfed agriculture; Mulches and antitranspirants
6. Concept of watershed resource management, problems, approach, and components
7. Drought and its management
8. Land use capability classification, Scope of agro-horticultural, agro-forestry, and silvi-pasture in dryland agriculture
9. Tillage, tilth, frequency and depth of cultivation, compaction in soil tillage; Concept of conservation tillage
10. Soil erosion: Definition, nature and extent of erosion, types of erosion, and factors affecting soil erosion
11. Drainage considerations and agronomic management; Rehabilitation of abandoned jhum lands and measures to prevent soil erosion
12. Stress physiology: Mitigating stress in dryland areas
13. Tools and implements used in dryland agriculture
14. Collection of biometric data of rainfed crops and its interpretation
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