Assam ASSEB Higher Secondary Skill Subject Agriculture case studies
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The Assam ASSEB Higher Secondary Skill Subject in Agriculture is a vocational stream subject taken alongside the general Higher Secondary course under the Assam State School Education Board (ASSEB, formerly AHSEC). It suits students who intend to move into agriculture diploma or degree programmes, join farm-based family enterprises, or enter rural agri-business and extension work rather than a purely academic science track. The Assam ASSEB Higher Secondary Skill Subject Agriculture case studies are 5 cases and about 3,511 words.
1Nitrogen top-dressing in flooded boro rice after unseasonal rain
A farmer in Nagaon district has 1.2 ha of transplanted boro rice (cv. Ranjit) at 45 days after transplanting.
816 words, about 4 min2Liming acid soil for rabi maize: material choice, rate and placement
A young farmer in Goalpara plans to grow rabi maize on 0.8 ha of newly cleared upland. Soil test results are pH 4.8; organic carbon 0.48%; exchangeable Al 1.8 cmolc/kg; exchangeable Ca 1.1 and Mg 0.5 cmolc/kg; available P 7 kg/ha (Bray-1); available K 95 kg/ha.
780 words, about 4 min3Tomato leaf curl and whiteflies: deciding between roguing, spraying and redesigning the crop
A tomato grower in Jorhat has 0.4 ha of tomato (cv. Pusa Ruby) at 55 days after transplanting.
577 words, about 3 min4Banana planting material, spacing and fertilizer plan for a new 0.5 ha block
A farmer in Sonitpur wants to plant 0.5 ha (5,000 m2) of banana cv. He has 500 tissue-culture plantlets and can buy more, or use suckers from his old plantation where about 10% of mats show dark green, narrow, bunched leaves and stunted growth.
761 words, about 4 min5A recumbent crossbred cow after calving: calcium, differential diagnosis and prevention
A farmer in Kamrup has two crossbred (HF × local) cows. The older cow, in her third lactation, calved four days ago and is giving 14 litres/day.
577 words, about 3 min