Emerging Technologies in Agricultural Engineering

Megh R. Goyal

• Publisher: Apple Academic Press
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781315342146
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Science General
• Index: Biological Sciences

This book covers an array of issues on emerging agricultural engineering and technology, featuring new research and studies. The volume is broken into three parts: emerging technologies, energy management in agriculture, and management of natural resources, in which particular attention is paid to water management, a necessary consideration for successful crop production, especially in water-scarce regions.

Topics include:

• alleviating drainage congestion
• solar energy for agriculture
• anaerobic digestion by inoculation with compost
• self-propelled inter-cultivators
• agrobiodiversity
• watershed development and management

This volume offers academia, engineers, technologists, students, and others from different disciplines information to gain knowledge on the breadth and depth of this multifaceted field of agricultural engineering. There is an urgent need to explore and investigate the current shortcomings and challenges of the current innovations and challenges.

CONTENTS

List of Contributors

List of Abbreviations

Preface

Warning/Disclaimer

About Senior Editor-in-Chief

Book Messages

Other Books on Agricultural & Biological Engineering by Apple Academic Press, Inc.

Editorial

PART I: Emerging Technologies

1. Drainage Congestion in Hirakud Command, Odisha: Issues and Opportunities to Augment Crop Production

Balram Panigrahi, Jagadish Chandra Paul, and Kajal Panigrahi

2. Irrigation Technology Options for Selected Agricultural Crops

Vishal K. Chavan

PART II: Energy Management in Agriculture

3. Solar Energy: Principles and Applications

M. K. Ghosal

4. Enhanced Anaerobic Digestion by Inoculation With Compost

Zhiji Ding, Nirakar Pradhan, and Willy Verstraete

5. Tractor Utilization in Vidarbha Region, India

D. V. Tathod, Y. V. Mahatale, and V. K. Chavan

6. Performance of Reversible Mold Board Plow

Yogesh V. Mahatale, Dnyaneshwar V. Tathod, and Vishal K. Chavan

7. Performance of Self-Propelled Intercultivator

Uddhao S. Kankal, M. Anantachar, and V. K. Chavan

PART III: Management of Natural Resources

8. Agro-Biodiversity Collection and Conservation From Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of India

Raju R. Meghwal and N. K. Dwivedi

9. Watershed Development and Management

R. K. Sivanappan

10. Water Resources of India: Problems, Solutions, and Prospects

R. K. Sivanappan

11. Present Status of Water Resources in Tamil Nadu

R.K. Sivanappan

12. Water Conservation and Increased Crop Production Under Precision Farming

R. K. Sivanappan

PART IV: Principles of Soil and Water Engineering

13. Basics of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering

R. K. Sivanappan

Appendices

Index

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

M. Anantachar Dean College of Agricultural Engineering, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, India.

Vishal K Chavan, PhD Senior Research Fellow, AICRP for Dryland Agriculture, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Krishinagar PO, Akola 444104, Maharashtra, India. E-mail: [email protected].

Zhiji Ding, PhD Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology (LabMET), Faculty of Bio-Engineering Science, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, Gent 9000, Belgium. Tel [phone], E-mail: jimmydzj2006@ gmail.com.

N. K. Dwivedi, PhD National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Regional Station, CAZRI Campus, Jodhpur 342005, Rajasthan, India. Mobile: [phone], E-mail: [email protected].

M. K. Ghosal, PhD Professor, Department of Farm Machinery and Power, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar 751003, Odisha, India, E-mail: [email protected].

Megh R. Goyal, PhD, PE Retired Professor in Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico—Mayaguez Campus; Senior Technical Editor-in-Chief in Agriculture Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, Apple Academic Press Inc., PO Box 86, Rincon, PR 00677, USA. E-mail: [email protected].

Uddhao S. Kankal, MTech Testing Engineer, Department of Farm Machinery and Power, College of Agriculture & Technology, Dr. PDKV, Akola, Maharashtra, India. Mobile: [phone], E-mail: [email protected].

Y. V. Mahatale, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Farm Power & Machinery, College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, Warwat Road, Jalgaon, District Buldhana, Maharashtra, India. E-mail: [email protected].

Raju R. Meghwal, PhD Research Scientist, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Regional Station, CAZRI Campus, Jodhpur 342005, Rajasthan, India.

Balram Panigrahi, PhD Professor and Head, Department of Soil & Water Conservation Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. E-mail: [email protected].

Kajal Panigrahi, MTech Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India. Phone: [phone], E-mail: [email protected].

J. C. Paul, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Soil & Water Conservation Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Phone: [phone], E-mail: [email protected].

Nirakar Pradhan, PhD Doctoral Research Fellow, Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate (ETECOS3) Program, University of Napoli Federico-II, Naples 80125, Italy. Tel. [phone], E-mail: [email protected].

R. K. Sivanappan, PhD Former Professor and Dean, College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore; current mailing address: Consultant, 14, Bharathi Park, 4th Cross Road, Coimbatore, 641 043, Tamil Nadu, India. E-mail: [email protected].

D. V. Tathod, PhD College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Warwat Road, Jalgaon Jamod, Dist. Buldhana, Maharashtra, India. Tel. [phone], Mobile: [phone], E-mail: dnyanutathod@gmail. com.

Willy Verstraete, PhD Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology (Lab MET), Faculty of Bio-Engine ering Science, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, Gent 9000, Belgium.

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

AAP	Apple Academic Press Inc
ABE	Agricultural and biological engineering
ADS	Agricultural Development Society
AE	Agricultural engineering
ASABE	American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
ASAE	American Society of Agricultural Engineers
BIS	Bureau of Indian Standards
CGWB	Central Ground Water Board
COD	Chemical oxygen demand
CWC	Central Water Commission
HP	Horsepower
HRT	Hydraulic retention time
IBT	Inter-basin transfer
IR	Infrared
ISAE	Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers
JJR	Jalgaon Jamod region
KVK	Krishi Vidya Kendra
MB	Moldboard
MHM	Million hectare-meter
MUSLE	Modified Universal Soil Loss Equation
NCAM	National Center for Agricultural Mechanization
NPP	National Perspectiv...

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