REVISED SYLLABUS OF GRADERS TRAINING COURSE
1. Venue:
2. Qualification: Matriculation or Sponsored candidates
3. Duration: 30
days
4. No. of Sessions and Period : As decided by the
concerned authority.
5. Intake
Capacity: As decided by the concerned authority.
General background of Indian
agriculture, method of preparation of various commodities for market, general
theory of agricultural marketing, marketing functions and services, regulation
of markets, co-operative marketing, theory of grading and standardization,
formulation of standards/grade specifications, salient features of
A.P.(G&M) Act and General Grading & Marking Rules and the executive
instructions issued there under; by the Agricultural Marketing Adviser to the
Govt.of India, PFA Act, BIS Act, Weights & Measures Act, Packaged
commodities Rules, Sanitary & Phytosanitary
measures, International
organization for
standardization (ISO) and the Codex Alimentarius
Commission,
Mechanics of Agmark grading and grading at producers’
level, settlement of grading disputes, review of progress and problems of
grading and the promotional steps required to be taken to expand the grading at
producer’s level.
Grading practical:- Analysis and grading of the food grains, oilseeds, whole spices,
cotton, fruits and vegetables, eggs and jaggery as per the prescribed
standards, preparation of standard samples of various commodities, handling of various
grading equipments and maintenance of grading statistics and other relevant
records.
Study tour:- In order to provide practical training , the
trainees are required to visit various
grading, processing and packing centers, agricultural produce markets, cooperative institutions and
warehouses.