Diploma in Agriculture (Plant Science) - Jay Kisan Polytechnic Institute

Diploma in Agriculture Plant Science

Course Introduction

This course is based on the job required to perform by the Junior Technicians (JT) at different levels of public and private sectors of Agriculture and community development related works in Nepal. Therefore, this curriculum is designed to provide knowledge and skills focusing on Agriculture Plant Science related to the occupation. There are six semesters in total within the period of three years. The first year courses are offered focusing on foundational and core academic subjects of Agriculture science; the second year courses are focused on basic disciplinary subjects of Agriculture Plant Science. Similarly, the third year whole courses comprise of the disciplinary subjects related to Agriculture Extension, Crop Production, and Seed Technology and so on. Moreover, the third year insists on the application of learned skills and knowledge through the project work and Internship Program. . The curriculum structure and the subject wise content that reflect the details of this curriculum. In brief, this curriculum will guide to its implementers to produce competent and highly employable middle level technical workforces in the field of Agriculture.

The contents of each subject prescribed in the curriculum are founded in “must know and must do” principle. The contents of the curriculum are comprehensively described in microlevel.

Course Objective

The course has following objectives:

Provide agronomy, horticulture and plant protection services to local farmers and different
scales of farming;
Deliver extension and community development services as a front-line extension workers;
Conduct farmers training as a local level resource person for increasing productivity of
land, plant protection, land management, soil management, fertilizer application and new
technology adaptation;
Carryout agribusiness management and cooperatives services at rural and urban areas in
public and private sectors;
Promote various aspects of agriculture such as plant breeding, commercial vegetable
production, mushroom cultivation, fruit crops production, medicinal plant production and
aquaculture and fisheries;
Promote organic and offseason vegetables production technology, culture and farming
system;
Communicate effectively and work collaboratively in multidisciplinary and multicultural
work environments through recognizing and understanding global, environmental, social,
and ethical contexts of their works; and
Enable to prepare business plan for establishing small scale production and service related
agro-enterprise firms.