Course description
Conservation agronomy encompasses many diverse interests and emerging problems, including the need to address growing soil and water conservation problems ameliorate environmental impacts of agricultural operations and promote sustainable agricultural production
The key objectives/outcomes of this course are;
- Study of tillage practices for soil and water conservation
- Evaluation of agronomic and engineering conservation approaches.
- Impact of soil and water conservation practices on soil, productivity, fertility and plant health
- To develop the concept of soil and water conservation for sustaining productivity
Course Material
- Week 01 Concept, importance and objectives of conservation
- Course description
- Week 2-3 Agronomic practices for resource conservation
- Week 4-5 Tillage practices such as contouring, terracing, benching
- Week 6 Leveling, grading, watbandi,
- Week 7 Zero tillage and minimum tillage
- Week 8-9 Chiseling, deep ploughing and planking
- Week 10-11 Species and cultivars selection
- Week 11-12 Crop rotation and weed management
- Week 13 Cover cropping
- Week 14 Strip cropping
- Week 15 Fertilizers and green manuring, Field drainage
- Week 16 Micro water-shed management under rainfed conditions
- Practical
- Time Table
- Key Dates
- Course Introduction
- Chapters 17
- Department Agronomy
- Teacher
Dr. Abdul Rehman
