AKTU Dryland Water Management Technologies (HTID501) Syllabus PDF – B.Tech Honors Degree in Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Dryland Water Management Technologies HTID501
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Syllabus — Dryland Water Management Technologies
Download PDFHTID501 · 4 credits · L-T-P 3-1-0
| Pre-requisites (if any) | Basic knowledge of watershed hydrology and irrigation & drainage engineering. |
Course Outcomes
Course Outcomes
Course Outcomes
| CO 1 | Understand drought severity assessment through meteorological, hydrological, and agricultural methods, including drought indices, vulnerability assessment through GIS-based information systems, and DPAP program. | K2 & K5 |
| CO 2 | Understand stress physiology, crop resistance, adaptation to drought, and management strategies. Prepare crop plans for dry land areas and mid-contingency plans. | K2 |
| CO 3 | Learn land shaping, soil moisture conservation, tillage improvement, and soil management. Implement soil and moisture conservation for rainfed lands and explore gel technology. | K2 |
| CO 4 | Acquire knowledge of crops, cropping practices for soil and moisture conservation, fertility management in dryland farming, and watershed planning from an engineering perspective. | K2 |
| CO 5 | Understand the application of aerial photography in surveys, watershed planning for rainfed agriculture, and apply Remote Sensing for soil moisture estimation. | K2 & K3 |
K1- Remember, K2- Understand, K3- Apply, K4- Analyze, K5-Evaulate, K6- Create
Course Content
Drought severity assessment: Meteorological, hydrological and agricultural methods. Drought indices. GIS based drought information system, drought vulnerability assessment and mapping using GIS. DPAP programme, drought monitoring constraints, limiting crop production in dry land areas. Types of drought, characterization of environment for water availability, crop planning for erratic and aberrant weather conditions.
Stress physiology and crop resistance to drought, adaptation of crop plants to drought, drought management strategies. Preparation of appropriate crop plans for dry land areas. Mid contingent plan for aberrant weather conditions.
Land shaping and land development for soil moisture conservation. Improvement of tillage and soil management by implements and engineering practices. Soil and moisture conservation for rainfed lands through improved implements and engineering practices. Gel technology. Ex-situ measures: Water harvesting-micro catchments. Design of small water harvesting structures: Farm Ponds, percolation tanks their types and design, recycling of runoff water for crop productivity.
Crops and cropping practices related to soil and moisture conservation. Fertility management in dryland farming. Planning and development of watersheds from engineering view point. Case studies.
Application of aerial photography in surveys and planning of watersheds for rainfed agriculture. Use of Remote Sensing in soil moisture estimation.
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