scholarly journals Evaluating E-Farming Methodology with Reference to Nutrients Availability in Soil Using IoT

2019 ◽  
pp. 58-66
Author(s):  
F. Aruldass ◽  
P. Karthik
Keyword(s):  
Soil Erosion ◽  
Nitrogen Deficiency ◽  
Social Climate ◽  
Indian Soil ◽  
Main Motivation ◽  
Agriculture Land ◽  
Indian Agriculture ◽  
Water Logging ◽  
Nutrients Availability

The main objective is to improve the agriculture field E-Farming parameter in agriculture i.e. the main causes for low productivity of agriculture is due to social climate. It includes customs and traditions. An Indian farmer is illiterate and has no knowledge for latest techniques of production. Indian agriculture is mainly dependent on rain. Even after 60 years of independence only 40% of the agriculture land has permanent irrigation facility. Due to improper irrigation facility, farmer can produce one crop only in a year. Indian soil has many problems like soil erosion, water logging, nitrogen deficiency and swamps. So, the main motivation of the project is to develop an application that gives solution for farmers. In this paper, this provides advice to the farmers to sow a particular crop in appropriate soil based on the nutrients availability using IoT.

Sustainability Issues and Challenges of Monoculture Cropping Pattern in Farming of Haryana

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nisha .
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Soil Salinity ◽  
Green Revolution ◽  
Cropping System ◽  
Cropping Pattern ◽  
Indian Agriculture ◽  
Rotation Pattern ◽  
Water Logging ◽  
Agriculture Sustainability ◽  
Emerging Issues

Green revolution, which was ushered in 1966, has considerably changed the scenario of Indian agriculture. But Monotonous cropping (mono crop) systems of rice and wheat pose serious threats for agriculture sustainability. The study examines the area and crops rotation of various crops in farming and emerging issues and challenges of sustainability in agriculture. The result of the study revealed that monocultures agriculture issues and crops rotation pattern has increases the environmental imbalance because the only staple crops are plough in the field which requires the lot of fertilizer and irrigation. The rice and wheat cropping pattern arise many environmental problems, e.g. water logging, soil salinity and exploitation of the natural resources because both the crops are highly water and chemical intensive. The cropping system in has unnecessarily become energy intensive and affecting the static ecological balance in agriculture has degrades the environment and sustainability.

scholarly journals Characterization of Surface Runoff, Soil Erosion and Nutrient Loss on Forest-Agriculture Landscape

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-266
Author(s):  
Yayat Hidayat ◽  
Kukuh Murtilaksono ◽  
Naik Sinukaban
Keyword(s):  
Soil Erosion ◽  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Surface Runoff ◽  
Nutrient Content ◽  
Nutrient Loss ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Nutrient Contents ◽  
Agriculture Land ◽  
Calcium Magnesium

The study was aimed to quantify volume of surface runoff, soil erosion and nutrient loss from the forest-agriculture landscape (forest margins) in Lore Lindu National Park Central Sulawesi.  Surface runoff volume and soil erosion were measured daily on erosion plots. It was installed on  several land use types i.e. forest land,  maize,  young cocoa, medium cocoa, old cocoa, vanilla, shrub and bush and bareland, on the soil Typic Dystrudepts with slope ± 40%. The nutrient content in surface runoff and sediments were analyzed from selected surface runoff and sediment samples.  Surface runoff and soil erosion from agriculture land were respectively 2.1 to 3.4 and  3.6 to 5.8 times higher than from forest lands. Meanwhile, surface runoff and soil erosion from bareland were respectively 7.0 and 23.7 times greater than forest land respectively.  Sediment nutrient contents from forest land were  higher than agriculture land.  In the contrary, total nutrient lost from agriculture land were higher than forest land ones.  Nutrient losses carried by surface runoff were larger than those losses carried by sediments.  Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) loss in surface runoff was 6,1 to 8,0 times higher than total organic carbon (TOC) loss in sediments.  Likewise, nitrate (NO3-) loss in surface runoff was 1.9 to 12.1 times higher than total nitrogen (TN) in sediments as well as potassium, calcium, magnesium and sodium losses.  Potassium is dominant cation loss carried by the surface runoff, while calcium is mainly carried by sediment.Keywords:  Dissolve organic carbon; forest-agriculture landscape; nutrient loss; soil erosion; surface runoff[How to Cite: Hidayat Y, K Murtilaksono and N Sinukaban. 2012. Characterization of Surface Runoff, Soil Erosion and Nutrient Loss on Forest-agriculture Landscape. J Trop Soils, 17 (3): 259-266. doi: 10.5400/jts.2012.17.3.259][Permalink/DOI: www.dx.doi.org/10.5400/jts.2012.17.3.259]

scholarly journals Conservation Agriculture: A Way for Soil Water Conservation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Selvakumar ◽  
K. Sivakumar
Keyword(s):  
Soil Erosion ◽  
Crop Rotation ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽  
Cropping System ◽  
Conservation Agriculture ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
World Population ◽  
Indian Agriculture

World population is going on increasing, it may be 2.4 billion by 2050, but stabilizing the yield of crop is questionable in Indian agriculture due to improper management of agricultural land. Excess tillage accelerate the organic matter oxidation present on the top soil, soil erosion and creates subsurface hard pan. This makes the field unsuitable for cultivation of crops in future. Climate change is worsening the situation by imposing water scarcity in India. So to evade these problems, conservation agriculture is the only way. Main objectives of conservation agriculture is reducing tillage, year round cropping, crop rotation, mulching may be live or residue. Due to reduced mechanical tillage, activity of micro flora and macro flora get increases that improves biological tillage of soil, that in turn improves soil structure and enhances the plant growth. Most of the studies showed that the cost of wheat production and CO2 emission from the field is reduced when conservation agriculture was fallowed in rice-wheat cropping system. Crop rotation and also mixed cropping improves soil fertility and also it reduces soil erosion. It can be a part of climate smart agriculture. It reduces greenhouse gas emission and also it can improve carbon sequestration. Considerably it can save 20-30% of water. 

Social Climate Scales. Rudolf H. Moos

1975 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-64
Author(s):  
Carmen J. Finley
Keyword(s):  
Social Climate

Evaluation of the Academic Setting in Spain 1This study was financed by the University of Oviedo.

1995 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Fernández ◽  
Miguel A. Mateo ◽  
José Muñiz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Climate ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Academic Setting ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Evaluation Questionnaire ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
The University

The conditions are investigated in which Spanish university teachers carry out their teaching and research functions. 655 teachers from the University of Oviedo took part in this study by completing the Academic Setting Evaluation Questionnaire (ASEQ). Of the three dimensions assessed in the ASEQ, Satisfaction received the lowest ratings, Social Climate was rated higher, and Relations with students was rated the highest. These results are similar to those found in two studies carried out in the academic years 1986/87 and 1989/90. Their relevance for higher education is twofold because these data can be used as a complement of those obtained by means of students' opinions, and the crossing of both types of data can facilitate decision making in order to improve the quality of the work (teaching and research) of the university institutions.

ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN AGRICULTURE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
R. P. BAIN ◽  
D. P. RAI ◽  
SIDDARTH NAYAK
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Sustainable Society ◽  
Indian Agriculture ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Role Of Information

If we want to convert our rural population into knowledge driven, progressive, self sufficient, self reliant, sustainable society, the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT’s) cannot be ignored. Timely availability information is considered as most important factor in Indian agriculture. At present ICT is the technology of this millennium. Transferring the developed technology to all end users is time-consuming and tiresome task and is often not completed due to paucity of resources and lack of manpower. In India, agriculture and rural development has gained significantly from ICT due to its widespread extension and adoption. In this era of internet, ICT is committed to provide real, timely accurate authentic information to the farmers and rural peoples.

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