Maharashtra SSC Agriculture Pre-Voc/NSQF case studies
Maharashtra SSC Agriculture Pre-Voc/NSQF · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Agriculture is offered as a Pre-Vocational / NSQF subject at the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) level under the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education. Candidates typically take it alongside compulsory SSC subjects, and it suits students who want a practical, skill-oriented paper that introduces farming as a livelihood and as a possible further study path in agriculture, horticulture or allied vocations. The Maharashtra SSC Agriculture Pre-Voc/NSQF case studies are 5 cases and about 4,587 words.
1Sodic Soil with a Hardpan: Reading the Report Before Buying Gypsum
A farmer in Sangli district cultivates 1.2 ha of black cotton soil under cotton. A soil test reports pH 8.9, EC 0.31 dS/m, organic carbon 0.38%, free calcium carbonate 12%, CEC 42 cmol(+)/kg and exchangeable sodium percentage 18%.
937 words, about 5 min2Onion Fertigation: Double Phosphorus, Half Potassium
An onion grower in Nashik has 1 ha of drip-irrigated rabi onion on a medium-black soil. The soil test shows low available nitrogen, medium phosphorus and high potassium; the recommendation for his situation is 125 kg N, 50 kg P2O5 and 75 kg K2O per hectare.
882 words, about 4 min3Downy Mildew Three Sprays Later: Resistance, Residues and Rain
A grape grower in Niphad taluka has 1 ha of Thompson Seedless, harvested in about 45 days. The last three sprays, at 8-day intervals, were metalaxyl + mancozeb at the labelled dose.
910 words, about 5 min4One Hard Quarter, Four Litres of Milk and a Withdrawal Period
A smallholder in Kolhapur keeps four crossbred cows, two in milk. The best cow, yielding 12 L/day, dropped to 9 L in 10 days.
912 words, about 5 min51.5 ha of Onion, 48,000 Litres a Day: Allocating a Deficit
A farmer in Solapur has 1.5 ha of drip-irrigated rabi onion. His borewell yields 8,000 L/h and the pump can run 6 hours a day, giving 48,000 L/day; on paper his drip system applies water at 90% efficiency, but the filters are cleaned irregularly and one block shows uneven discharge.
946 words, about 5 min