ASTAT 5211 – Agri-Informatics
Theory
1. Introduction to Computers and Operating System:
Parts of Computers, Generation of computers Types of computers, DOS and Windows
2. Applications of MS-Office:
Document Creation and Editing in MS-Word. Data Handling in MS-Excel, Data presentation, interpretation, and graph creation (Bar, Line, Pie diagrams, and Histogram). MS-PowerPoint presentation.
3. Statistical Analysis:
Mean, Standard Deviation, Correlation, and Regression using Mathematical Expressions in Excel.
4. Database in Agriculture:
Concepts, types and uses of the database in Agriculture, Use of DBMS (MS-Access).
5. World Wide Web (Www):
Elementary Concepts, Internet Explorer (IE), Search Engine (Google), Email.
6. Introduction to computer programming languages:
Standard Input/Output Operation in BASIC, BASIC language programming codes for only calculating Mean and Standard Deviation).
7. e-Agriculture and ICT:
Concepts and applications, Use of ICT in Agriculture. Computer Models for understanding plant processes. IT application for the computation of water and nutrient requirement of crops,
Computer-controlled devices (automated systems) for Agri-input management, Smartphone Apps in Agriculture for farm advice, market price, postharvest management, etc.;
Geospatial technology for generating valuable Agri-information. Decision support systems, concepts, components, and applications in Agriculture,
Agriculture Expert System, Soil Information Systems, etc. for supporting Farm decisions. Preparation of contingent crop-planning using IT tools.
