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 area 13. Tools and implements used in dryland agriculture 14. Collection of biometric data of rainfed crops and its interpretation
