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This book provides a quick summary of essential concepts in Agriculture Engineering by following snack sized chapters:

Principle of Agriculture,

• Plants

• Cultivation of the soil

• Tillage

• Tillage System

• Positive Effects of Tillage

• Negative Effects of Tillage

• Agricultural Chemistry

• Use of Manures

• The process of Germination

• How Leguminous plants obtain their Nitrogen

• Pests

• Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

• Components of IPM

• IPM Methods

Principle of Soil Science,

• Introduction to Soil Processes

• Soil Formation

• Soil Classification

• Soil Colloids

• Soil Reaction

• Water, Aeration and Soil Density

• Soil Organisms and Ecology

• Soil Organic Matter

• Soil Nutrients Management

Horticulture and Crops,

• Horticulture

• Division of Horticulture

• Crops

• Classification of Crops

Farm Implements,

• Soil cultivation

• Planting

• Fertilizing & Pest Control

• Irrigation

• Harvesting / post-harvest

• Hay making

Biotechnology,

• Biotechnology

• Agricultural Biotechnology

• Application of Agricultural Biotechnology

• Advantage of Agricultural Biotechnology

• Disadvantage of Agricultural Biotechnology

Surveying and Levelling I

• Surveying

• Classification based on the Purpose of Plans or Maps

• Classification based on the Instruments or Methods Employed

• Chain Surveying

• Compass Surveying

• Plane Table Surveying

• Triangulation Surveys

Surveying and Levelling II,

• Theodolite Surveying

• What is Leveling?

• Methods of Leveling

• Leveling Staff

• Temporary Adjustments of a Level

• Principles of Direct Leveling

• Some Common Terms Used in Leveling

• Errors in Leveling

Soil Mechanics I,

• Soil Mechanics

• Why mechanics of soils?

• Effective Stress and Capillarity: Hydrostatic Conditions

• Stress in soil

Soil Mechanics II,

• Shear behavior

Environmental Impact,

• Environmental Impact

• Land Transformation and Degradation

• Livestock Issues

• Eutrophication

• Climate change

• Sustainable Agriculture

Wells and Pumps,

• Water Well

• Types of Water Well:

• Dug Well

• Driven Well

• Drilled wells

• Classification of Well

• Contamination of Water Well

• Pump

• Types of Pumps: Positive Displacement Pump

• Impulse Pumps

• Velocity Pumps

Agribusiness,

• Agribusiness

• Objective of Agribusiness

• Analyzing an Agribusiness Venture

• Areas of Agribusiness Management

• Linkage of Management to Agribusiness

• Agribusiness Management

• Planning

• Organizing

• Directing

• Staffing

• Controlling

• Application of Management

• Goal setting in Agribusiness

Post-Harvest and Storage,

• Post-Harvest

• Post-Harvest Steps

• Production Practices

• Harvest Handling

• Pre-Cooling

• Chilling Injury

• Ethylene

• Preventing Moisture Loss

• Sanitation

• Packaging

• Refrigeration

• Storage

• Reasons for Post-Harvest Losses

Irrigation,

• Irrigation

• Irrigation techniques

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