Syllabus - Irrigation Theory & Practices (AT-702 (A))
Agriculture Technology
Irrigation Theory & Practices (AT-702 (A))
VII
UNIT-I
Water resources utilisation and irrigation
Water Resource of India and it's demand in various sector, Irrigation development, Irrigation projects, Environmental Impact assessment and inter basin water transfer.
UNIT-II
Measurement of irrigation water
Methods of water measurements in open channels, weirs, Flumes, Orifice, Water meter and propeller meter.
UNIT-III
irrigation water conveyance system
Open channel flow, Design of open channel, On farm structure of water conveyance, structure for diversions and channel crossing, Underground pipe line system, Design and Operation of underground pipeline system.
UNIT-IV
Land grading survey and design
Land grading survey and design, land levelling methods, contour bench levelling and earth work quantities computation, Equipments for land grading.
UNIT-V
Soil Water Atmosphere and plant interaction
Soil water, infiltration, ,soil water movement, soil water constraints, Evapotranspiration, crop water requirement, irrigation scheduling, irrigation efficiency.
Practicals
- surface irrigation methods
- furrow irrigation system
- border irrigation system
- basin irrigation system
- sprinkler irrigation
- Drip irrigation
- surface irrigation
- Open channel flow
- water flow measurement in pipes
- contour bench levelling
- land levelling