Watershed Planning and Management detailed syllabus for Agriculture Engineering (Agri) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Agri students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Agriculture Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Agri 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-III scheme and its subjects refer to Agri Professional Elective-III syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of watershed planning and management is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION Watershed – Definition – concept – Objectives – Land capability classification – Watershed Based Land Use Planning-Watershed Characteristics: Classification and Measurement- priority watersheds – land resource regions in India- Importance of Watershed Properties for Watershed Management.
Unit II
WATERSHED PLANNING Importance of Watershed Planning – Utility of Hydrologic Data in Watershed Planning -Watershed Delineation – Planning principles – collection of data – present land use – Preparation of watershed development plan – Estimation of costs and benefits – Financial plan – selection of implementation agency – Monitoring and evaluation system
Unit III
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Unit IV
WATER CONSERVATION PRACTICES In-situ & Ex-situ moisture conservation principle and practices – Afforestation principle – Micro catchment water harvesting – Ground water recharge – percolation ponds -Water harvesting Design of Water Harvesting Structures – Farm pond – Supplemental irrigation – Evaporation suppression – Seepage reduction
Unit V
WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME River Valley Project (RVP) – Hill Area Development Programme (HADP) – National Watershed Development Programme for Rainfed Agriculture (NWDPRA) – Other similar projects operated in India – Govt. of India guidelines on watershed development programme – Watershed based rural development – infrastructure development – Use of Aerial photography and Remote sensing in watershed management – Role of NGOs in watershed development.
Text Books:
- Suresh, R. 2005. Soil and Water Conservation Engineering, Standard Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi.
- Ghanshyam Das, “Hydrology and Soil Conservation Engineering”, Prentice Hall of India Private Limited, New Delhi, 2000.
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Course Outcomes:
- The students will able to describe the watershed management concepts
- The students will able to describe the components involved in watershed planning
- The students will able to describe the methods of water harvesting structures
- The students will able to design and construct the soil conservation structures
- The students will able to prioritize and execute the watershed development programme
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Agriculture Engineering 5th Sem, visit Agri 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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