Geoinformatics for Agriculture and Forestry Syllabus for B.Tech 7th sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.<\/p>\n
Geoinformatics for Agriculture and Forestry B.Tech (R13) seventhsem is as follows<\/p>\n
OBJECTIVES :<\/strong><\/p>\n This course enables the students to understand and apply remote sensing and GIS\u00a0techniques in various fields of agriculture, soil, land and forest resources.<\/p>\n UNIT I : CROPS<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 [9 hours] UNIT II : SOILS<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 [9 hours] UNIT III : LAND EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 [9 hours]
\nIntroduction – leaf optical properties – identification of crops and crop inventorying – crop\u00a0acreage estimation – vegetation indices – yield estimation – crop production forecasting through\u00a0digital analysis – microwave and hyper spectral sensing for crop inventory – crop monitoring and\u00a0condition assessment in command areas – case studies.<\/p>\n
\nIntroduction – soil survey, types of soil surveys – soil genesis and soil classification -soil taxonomy\u00a0– soil reflectance properties – soil mapping using remote sensing \u2013 problem soils -saline,\u00a0alkali soil characteristics – mapping of saline alkaline soils – soil erosion and sedimentation –\u00a0assessment of soil erosion – estimation of reservoir capacity.<\/p>\n
\nIntroduction – land use \/ land cover definition – land use \/ land cover classification-concepts and\u00a0approaches of land evaluation – parametric methods – change detection in land uses – decision\u00a0support system for land use planning – optimum land use planning for sustainable agriculture.<\/p>\n