Agriculture - GIS in Ag-Essentials and Applications

This course is taught by Dr. R. Nagarajan, Principal Research Scientist CSRE, IIT Bombay and Dr. Venkataraman Balaji, Director, Technology & Knowledge Management, Common Wealth of Learning, Canada.

In this course you will learn:

Week 1: Traditional information in agriculture practices

Week 2: Creation of georeferenced information base from existing data sets using GIS systems

Week 3: Understanding of rainfall potential clouds in decision making for irrigation

Week 4: Water resources availability – surface water from rainfall and groundwater assessment

Week 5: Water demand assessment and deficit

Week 6: Drought vulnerability and risk assessment – meteorological, hydrological, agricultural

Week 7: Village-level information system and utility – natural resources / socioeconomic aspects

Week 8: Sustainable village resources management

Mod-01 Lec-01 Introduction.
Mod-02 Lec-02 Our Agriculture Practices and Lessons.
Mod-02 Lec-03 Climate and Scale of Change.
Mod-02 Lec-04 Course Corrections.
Mod-02 Lec-05 Modified Agriculture - Precision Agriculture.
Mod-02 Lec-06 Modififed Agriculture Practice - Climate Smart Agriculture.
Mod-03 Lec-07 Maps and Information in Practice.
Mod-03 Lec-08 Geographical Information System (GIS).
Mod-03 Lec-09 Types of input.
Mod-03 Lec-10 Analysis - Map overlay.
Mod-03 Lec-11 Buffering & Perspective View.
Mod-03 Lec-12 GIS Type & Available GIS Softwares.
Mod-04 Lec-13 Village Cadastral Map and Property Card.
Mod-04 Lec-14 Cadastral Maps and Contents.
Mod-04 Lec-15 Creation of Cadastral Information Base.
Mod-04 Lec-16 Land Information System.
Mod-04 Lec-17 Creation of Village Boundary Based Basin Analysis.
Mod-04 Lec-18 Village Information System.
Mod-05 Lec-19 Needs and Weather Forecast.
Mod-05 Lec-20 Cloud Types & Rain Bearing Clouds.
Mod-05 Lec-21 Weather Satellites and Cloud Pattern Reading.
Mod-05 Lec-22 Rainfall and Supplementary Irrigation.
Mod-05 Lec-23 Synergistic Use.
Mod-06 Lec-24 Surface Rainfall - Run off Assessment & Model.
Mod-06 Lec-25 Soil and Water Assessment Tools (SWAT) Model.
Mod-06 Lec-26 Groundwater Availability.
Mod-06 Lec-27 Groundwater Potential Mapping.
Mod-06 Lec-28 Water Storage & Water Availability and Release.
Mod-06 Lec-29 Growth of Crop Area in Command Area and Impact Climate Change.
Mod-06 Lec-30 Impact of Climate on Agriculture.
Mod-07 Lec-31 Crop Water Requirement & Distribution Loss.
Mod-07 Lec-32 Village Agriculture & Other Water Demand and Supply Source.
Mod-07 Lec-33 Water Security Assessment.
Mod-07 Lec-34 Land Degradation: Soil Salinity.
Mod-07 Lec-35 Water Logging.
Mod-07 Lec-36 Water Balance Under Different Rainfall.
Mod-08 Lec-37 Drought and Characteristics.
Mod-08 Lec-38 Drought Vulnerability and Risk Assessment.
Mod-08 Lec-39 Monitoring and Warning.
Mod-08 Lec-40 Drought Monitoring: a global perspective.
Mod-08 Lec-41 Drought Risk and Vulnerability Assessment: a global perspective.
Mod-09 Lec-42 GIS in Sustainable Agriculture.
Mod-09 Lec-43 Assessment of Existing Water Storage Structures & Rehabilitation.
Mod-09 Lec-44 Sustainable Development and Agriculture: a confluence of pressures.
Mod-09 Lec-45 Climate Change and Drought: a global perspective.
Mod-09 Lec-46 GIS and Drought Management: a global perspective.