Wasteland Development detail syllabus for Agriculture Engineering (Agri), 2021-22 scheme is taken from AKTUs official website and presented for the AKTU B.Tech students. For the course code (KAG071), exam duration, teaching hr/week, practical hr/week, total marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration, credits, and other details do visit complete semester subjects post given below.
For the Agri 7th Sem Syllabus for AKTU B.Tech 2021-22 Scheme you can visit Agri 7th Sem 2021-22 Scheme. For the Departmental Elective-4 scheme of Agri 7th Sem 2021-22 regulation do refer to Departmental Elective-4 Agri 7th Sem scheme. The detail syllabus for wasteland development is as follows.
Pre-Requisites:
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Course Outcomes:
At the end of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand the concept, classification of Land degradation and able to remember wastelands causing factors and its classification.
- Remember and understand the Planning of wastelands development, and conservation structures.
- Summarize the water harvesting, recycling methods and understand the aforestation, shifting cultivation.
- Elaborate wasteland development, Mine spoils- impact, land degradation, reclamation, rehabilitation and micro-irrigation for wastelands development.
- Understand Sustainable wasteland development, Government policies, Participatory approach, Preparation of proposal for wasteland development.
Module 1:
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Module 2:
Planning of wastelands development – constraints, agro-climatic conditions, development options, contingency plans. Conservation structures – gully stabilization, ravine rehabilitation, sand dune stabilization.
Module 3:
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Module 4:
Wasteland development – hills, semi-arid, coastal areas, water scarce areas, reclamation of waterlogged and salt-affected lands. Mine spoils- impact, land degradation and reclamation and rehabilitation, slope stabilization and mine environment management. Micro-irrigation in wastelands development.
Module 5:
Sustainable wasteland development – drought situations, socio-economic perspectives. Government policies. Participatory approach. Preparation of proposal for wasteland development and benefit-cost analysis.
Suggested Reading:
- Abrol, I.P., and V.V. Dhruvanarayana. 1998. Technologies for Wasteland Development. ICAR, New Delhi.
- Ambast, S.K., S.K. Gupta and Gurcharan Singh (Eds.) 2007. Agricultural Land Drainage -Reclamation of Waterlogged Saline Lands. Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana.
- Hridai Ram Yadav. 2013. Management of Wastelands. Concept Publishing Company. New Delhi.
- Karthikeyan, C., K. Thangaraja, C. Cinthia Fernandez and K. Chandrakandon. 2009. Dryland Agriculture and Wasteland Management. Atlantic Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
For the syllabus of all the subjects of B.Tech Agri 7th Sem, 2021-22 scheme do visit Agri 7th Sem syllabus subjects.
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