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ERG 607 ENERGY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT IN 2+0FARM POWER AND MACHINERY

Objective : To facilitate and excel the students in energy conservationtechniques and management practices in farm power and machinery

TheoryUNIT I

Operation-wise and source-wise energy in agricultural production system - Energy

requirement of different operations in agricultural production systems viz. crop, livestock

and aquaculture.

UNIT II

Energy conservation through proper management and maintenance of farm machinery,

planning and management of agricultural production systems for energy conservation

and energy returns assessment.UNIT III

Development of computer program for efficient energy management in a given

agricultural production system. Energy use planning and forecasting for a given system.

Lecture schedule

Theory

1. Energy in agriculture basics terminologies

2. Categorization of operations in crop production

3. Grouping various sources on energy in crop production4. Energy conversion of operation and energy sources in production agriculture

5. Operation-wise energy consumption in production agriculture

6. Consumption of various energy sources in farm operations

7. Total energy requirement of different operations in agricultural production

systems major crops I

8. Total energy requirement of different operations in agricultural production

systems major crops II

9. Energy requirement of different operations livestock10. Energy requirement of different operations in aquaculture

11. Energy conservation through proper management in farm machinery

12. Maintenance of farm machinery and energy conservation

13. Planning and management of agricultural production systems for energy

conservation I

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14. Planning and management of agricultural production systems for energy

conservation II

15. Energy returns assessment

16. Data collection on energy consumption pattern in agriculture system

17. Midsemester Examination

18. Compilation of data for analysis for energy efficiency in agriculture system

19. Survey, data compilation and energy analysis in livestock

20. Energy efficient package of practices for wet land crops

21. Energy efficient package of practices for garden land crops

22. Energy efficient package of practices for dry land agriculture

23. Development of computer program for energy efficient management system

24. Softwares SPSS MatLAB, MsExcel

25. Regression model studies for input management in crop production

26. Regression model studies for input management in livestock

27. Model development input output ratio energy efficiency

28. Linear programming and optimization techniques for wet land crops

29. Linear programming and optimization techniques for garden land crops

30. Linear programming and optimization techniques for dry land agriculture

31. Energy use planning for wet land system

32. Energy use planning for garden land system

33. Energy use planning for wet land system

34. Energy forecasting in production agriculture

Suggested Readings

Mittal JP, Panesar BS, Singh S, Singh CP & Mannan KD. 1987. Energy in Production

Agriculture and Food Processing. ISAE and School of Energy Studies, Ludhiana. ISAE

Publ.

Pimental D. 1980. Handbook of Energy Utilization in Agriculture. CRC Press.