Advanced Agricultural Engineering detailed Syllabus for Agriculture Engineering (AL), K scheme PDF has been taken from the MSBTE official website and presented for the diploma students. For Subject Code, Subject Name, Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Credits, Theory (Max & Min) Marks, Practical (Max & Min) Marks, Total Marks, and other information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
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Rationale
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Course Outcomes:
Students will be able to achieve & demonstrate the following COs on completion of course based learning
- Understand the principles and technologies of agriculture processes.
- Apply various tools for the given agricultural problem.
- Analyze the applications of drones in agriculture.
- Evaluate protected cultivation techniques for given agricultural situation.
- Use the concepts of vertical farming in given situation.
Unit I
Remote Sensing and GIS Application in Agriculture 1.1 Introduction to Remote Sensing: Definition, Concept of Remote Sensing, Modern Remote Sensing Technology, Remote Sensing Process. 1.2 Remote Sensing Applications: Data Acquisition and Interpretation, Advantages and Limitations of Remote Sensing, Applications of Remote Sensing Technology 1.3 Introduction to GIS: Definition, Components
Demonstration Lecture Using Chalk-Board Presentations Video Demonstrations
Unit II
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Unit III
Vertical Farming 3.1 Vertical Farming: Introduction, Important, features, Innovations. 3.2 Techniques of Vertical Farming (Hydroponic, Aquaponics, Aeroponics Farming) Commonly Grown Crops in Vertical Farming, Growing Medium, Water and Nutrient Management Efficiency in Vertical Farming, Electrical Conductivity (EC) and pH, Aeration for the Roots. 3.3 Types of Vertical Farming: Building-Based Farms, Shipping Container Vertical Farms. 3.4 Major challenges in adopting vertical farming.
Suggested Learning Pedagogie
Lecture Using Chalk-Board Video Demonstrations Presentations Demonstration
Unit IV
Protected Cultivation 4.1 Protected cultivation- importance and scope, Cladding material involved in greenhouse/ poly house, Environment control, Artificial lights. 4.2 Soil preparation and management, Types of benches and containers. 4.3 Greenhouse cultivation: important crops (rose, carnation, chrysanthemum, gerbera, orchid, anthurium, Lilium, tulip, tomato, bell pepper, cucumber, strawberry, pot plants, medicinal and aromatic plants. Off-season production of flowers and vegetables etc.) 4.4 Protected cultivation management.
Suggested Learning Pedagogie
Lecture Using Chalk-Board Video Demonstrations Presentations Site/Industry Visit Demonstration
Unit V
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List of Experiments:
- *Study of RS & GIS in Agriculture
- *Study of Google Earth images 2
- *Collecting filed data using different tools like smartphones, etc.
- *Study of Drone components
- Experiment on land survey by using a drone
- *Study of Introduction to Vertical Farming
- *Practical on Vertical Farming: Setting up and managing a hydroponic system.
- *Lab Experiment: Measuring and adjusting EC and pH in vertical farming setups.
- *Experiment with measuring temperature and humidity in a greenhouse.
- *Study of Preparing soil for greenhouse use.
- *Lab Experiment: Growing selected crops in a controlled greenhouse environment.
- * Evaluating different agricultural smartphone apps and their effectiveness.
- Practical on GIS: Farm planning and resource allocation using GIS tools. OR Visit a nearby farm or livestock research center to gain practical exposure to existing farm animal shelters.
- Lab Experiment: Utilizing drones to monitor and plan irrigation activities.
- *Measuring pH & EC of irrigation water using a meter
Self Learning
Micro Project
- Collect the minimum one image data of Indian Remote Sensing Satellites with their applications in agriculture.
- Collect the minimum five-minute flight drone monitoring data in agriculture applications.
- Collect any one drone’s five parts information and its functions.
- Make a model of Vertical Farming and show its various components.
- Make any one model of Greenhouse or Polyhouse.
- Make an information report on the ‘E-Peek-Pahani’ app of the Maharashtra State Agriculture Department.
- Collect and study a minimum of three Journal Papers on IoT in Agriculture.
- Prepare a two or three-page document on the historical evolution of drones and their technological advancements in agricultural use.
- Compile a comparative study on various types of vertical farming systems concerning a minimum of two crops.
- Prepare one small-scale model of a hydroponic system.
- Identify and analyze the properties of traditional and innovative materials used for constructing farm animal shelters.
Assignment
- Collect and present a series of journal articles focusing on the challenges and innovations in the IoT application in agriculture, each one paragraph and minimum five journals.
- Review and summarize mobile applications used for farm management and precision agriculture.
- Study the concept of IoT in agriculture and write at least one or two page report on it.
- Collect the data of smartphone applications in agriculture minium one app.
- Visit a minimum of one Protected Cultivation farming unit and make a one or two page report on structure design.
- Prepare an article on the Use of minimum one Remote Sensing and GIS-free assessment software
- Collect the data through websites on the current scenario of vertical farming and write a minimum two pages report
- Visit & Write a report of the minimum one websites of Drone Technology and its use
- Prepare assignment on information on any one free software of GIS & RS.
- Prepare a report detailing the suitability of each material for specific farm animal habitats.
Laboratory Equipment
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Learning Materials
- Basudeb Bhatta Remote Sensing and GIS Oxford University Press (2020),9780199496648
- Dr. Dickson Despommier The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century Picador; Reprint edition (25 October 2011) , 978-0312611392
- Balraj Singh Protected Cultivation of Vegetable Crops Kalyani Publishers; First Edition (1 January 2005), 978-8127224731 9788127224738
- Singh, Rajesh & Anita Gehlot Internet of Things (Iot) Enabled Automation In Agriculture New India Publishing Agency, 9789387973053
- Subramanian K S S Pazhanivelan R Santhi& G Srinivasan Drones In Digital Agriculture Daya Publishing House January 2022 , 978-9390371679
Learning Websites
- https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc22_ce84/preview Remote Sensing and GIS
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312164156_Internet_of_Things_in_agriculture Internet of Things (IoT) in Agriculture
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667318521000106 AI and Machine Learning in Agriculture
- https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/5d85a726-91df-47f2-b986-9970261a1ed4/content Agricultural Drones
- https://nptel.ac.in/courses/126104002 Precision Agriculture
- https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IndHort/article/download/135847/49856/359328 Protected Cultivation of Vegetables
- https://www.imdagrimet.gov.in/ Weather Forecasting for Agriculture
For detail Syllabus of all other subjects of Agriculture Engineering, K scheme do visit Agriculture Engineering 5th Sem Syllabus for K scheme.
For all Agriculture Engineering results, visit MSBTE Agriculture Engineering all semester results direct links.