On-farm Water 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 on-farm water management is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
DESIGN OF IRRIGATION CHANNELS Design of Erodible (earthen), Non-Erodible (lined) & Alluvial channels (pre-fabricated) – Kennedy’s and Lacey’s Theories; Materials for Lining watercourses and field channel; Water control and Diversion structure – Design – Land grading – Land Levelling methods.
Unit II
COMMAND AREA Command area – Concept – CADA Programmes in Tamil Nadu; Duty of water expression -relationship between duty and delta; Warabandhi – water distribution and Rotational Irrigation System – Participatory irrigation management.
Unit III
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Unit IV
WATER BALANCE Groundwater balance model – Weekly water balance – Performance indicators Appropriateness, Adequacy, Dependability, Equity, Reliability, Timeliness and efficiency – conjunctive use plan by optimization; Agricultural productivity indicators – Water use efficiency.
Unit V
DESIGN OF FARM DRAINAGE SYSTEM Agricultural drainage – types and Concept – Issues; Principles of flow through soils – Darcy’s law -drainage coefficient -Infiltration theory; Surface drainage – methods – design – Random drainage -Herringbone – Grid iron types -Design of Open Drains. Steady State flow – Dupit’sForchimer assumptions -Hooghoudt’s equation; Methods & Design – Mole drains – Drainage wells – Pipe materials -Problem soils – Leaching Requirements; Land reclamation – methods of Reclamation.
Text Books:
- Michael, A.M. 2006. “Irrigation Theory and practice”, Vikas publishing house, New Delhi
- Michael, A.M. and Ojha, T.P. “Principles of Agricultural Engineering -Vol II “Jain Brothers, New Delhi,2002.
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Course Outcomes:
- The students will be able to design irrigation channels and diversion structures.
- The students will be able to organize the different CADA programme and involved farmers to participate
- The students will be able to inspect the conjunctive use of water resources by farmers
- The students will be able to identify water balance between productivity and water use efficiency in agricultural land
- The students will be able to design the surface and subsurface drainage systems.
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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