Emerging Technologies in Agricultural Engineering

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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. Content: PrefacePart I: Emerging Technologies1. Issues and Opportunities to Augment Crop Production: Drainage Congestion in Hirakud Command, Odisha Balram Panigrahi, Jagadish Chandra Paul, and Kajal Panigrahi2. Irrigation Technology Options for Selected Agricultural CropsVishal K. ChavanPart II: Energy Management in Agriculture3. Solar Energy: Principles and Applications M. K. Ghosal4. Enhanced Anaerobic Digestion by Inoculation with CompostZhiji Ding, Nirakar Pradhan, and Willy Verstraete5. Tractor Utilization in Vidarbha Region, IndiaD. V. Tathod, Y. V.Mahatale, and V. K. Chavan 6. Performance of Reversible Mold Board Plough Yogesh V. Mahatale, Dnyaneshwar V. Tathod, and Vishal K. Chavan7. Performance of Self-Propelled Inter-CultivatorUddhao S. Kankal, M. Anantachar, and V. K. ChavanPart III: Management of Natural Resources8. Agrobiodiversity: Collection and Conservation from Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of IndiaRaju R. Meghwal and N. K. Dwivedi9. Watershed Development and ManagementR. K. Sivanappan10. Water Resources of India: Problems, Solutions and ProspectsR. K. Sivanappan11. Present Status of Water Resources in Tamil NaduR. K. Sivanappan12. Water Conservation and Increased Crop Production under Precision FarmingR. K. Sivanappan Part IV: Principles of Soil and Water Engineering13. Basics of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering R. K. SivanappanIndex