BTech in Agricultural and Food Engineering focuses on food engineering, agricultural processes, and food science concepts such as food packaging, nutritional science, and food production. We have compiled a list of the best reference books on Agricultural and Food Engineering for B.E/B.Tech students. These books are used by agricultural and food engineering students from top universities around the world and many other institutes and colleges.
Here’s the complete list of B.E/B.Tech. Agricultural and Food Engineering books, which are arranged year and semester-wise. We have also listed down both core and elective subject books.
1st Year B.Tech Agricultural and Food Engineering Books (1st & 2nd Semester)
The 1st year B.E/B.Tech subjects are common across various branches of engineering. You can check the full list of common engineering books for 1st year here.
2nd Year B.Tech Agricultural and Food Engineering Books (3rd & 4th Semester)
3rd Semester Books
- Crop Process Engineering
- Pest Management in Horticultural Crops
- Applied Thermodynamics
- Theory of Machines and Machine Design
- Fluid Mechanics
- Transform and partial differetial equation
- Crop Genomics and Biotechnology
4th Semester Books
- Farm Tractors
- Engineering Hydrology
- Probability and Statistics
- Strength of Materials
- Environmental Biotechnology
- Unit Operations in Food Processing
3rd Year B.Tech Agricultural and Food Engineering Books (5th & 6th Semester)
5th Semester Books
- Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
- Post Harvest Engineering of Agricultural Crops
- Drainage Engineering
- Climate Change and Agricultural Production System
- Farm Machinery Design and Testing
6th Semester Books
6th Semester Elective Books
- Instrumentation and Control in Food industries
- Tractor Design and Testing, Hydraulics and Transmission
- Intellectual Property Rights
- Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security
4th Year B.Tech Agricultural and Food Engineering Books (7th & 8th Semester)
7th Semester Books
- Drying and Storage Engineering
- Convective Heat and Mass Transfer
- Refrigeration and Air conditioning
- Soil Conservation and Water Harvesting
7th Semester Elective Books
- Fat and Oil Technology
- GIS Principles and Applications
- Mass Transfer Operations
- Remote Sensing Technology
- Introduction to Renewable Energy Technologies
8th Semester Books
- Farm Power and Machinery Management
- Nano Science and Technology
- Tillage and Sowing Equipment
- Fundamentals of Nano Science
B.Tech Agricultural and Food Engineering Books (Additional Core/Elective)
Core Books (Additional)
- Fundamentals of Agribusiness Management
- Agricultural Machinery
- Fundamentals of CAD/CAM
- Database Management and Grid Computing
- Engineering Properties of Biological Materials and Food Quality
- Principles of Food Science
- Applied Irrigation Management
- Water Resources Engineering
- Machine Design and Computer Aided Machine Drawing
- Earth Moving Equipments and Tractors
- Renewable Energy Sources
- Advance Soil Mechanics
Elective Books (Additional)
- Agricultural Processing and Food Engineering
- Agro-Industrial Project Planning and Management
- Agro-Project Cash Flow Analysis and Finance
- Biomass Management for Fodder and Energy
- CAD and Simulation of Agricultural Machinery
- Design and Maintenance of Green House
- Computer Applications in Environmental Engineering
- Food Biotechnology
- Functional Foods and Neutraceuticals
- Human Engineering and Safety
- Advance Mechanical Operations in Food Processing
- Dynamics of Machinery and Dynamics Machines
- Non Conventional Energy System
- Fishing Vessel Technology
- Electrical Machines, Quality and Power Utilization
- Basin Analysis and Reservoir Characterization
- Systems Engineering Principles
Kindly note that we have put a lot of effort into researching the best reference books on all the subjects of B.E/B.Tech. Agricultural and Food Engineering, and came out with a recommended list. If any more subjects need to be added to this list, please let us know.
