| Course title | |||||
| 農地工学 [Paddy Field and Farm Engineering] | |||||
| Course category | Requirement | Credit | 2 | ||
| Department | Year | 3～ | Semester | 1st | |
| Course type | 1st | Course code | 01RN3244 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 渡邊 裕純 [WATANABE Hirozumi] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Graduate School of Agriculture | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
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In this course, student will learn basic condition which arable land ought to have in order to practice agricultural land development and agricultural field conservation such as farmland consolidation considering ecosystem. The lectures provide indispensable matter in agricultural production and agricultural land conservation, understanding of condition which productive crop land supposed to have, and concerning knowledge and practical methodology. This course is taught by the instructor who has experience in land reclamation project for paddy field in Japan and overseas. The lectures consist of examples of real project of land reclamation for paddy field. |
| Expected Learning |
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Students gain basic understanding and are able to explain about basic characteristics of soils and water movement in paddy fields and upland fields, irrigation and drainage, farm land consolidation. Corresponding criteria in the Diploma Policy: See the Curriculum maps. (URL: https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/ ) |
| Course schedule |
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1：class orientation：Course objectives, contents, schedule, Introduction to Environmental Rural Engineering. 2：“what is paddy fields?“・・・rice cultivation, soils in paddy field, structure of paddy field. 3：”Water movement in paddy field 1”・・・irrigation in paddy field 4：”Water movement in paddy field 2”・・・percolation in paddy field 5：“Water movement in paddy field 3“ ・・・drainage in paddy field 6：“Water movement in paddy field 4“ ・・・bearing capacity of paddy field and multi-purpose paddy field 7：“Reclamation of rice paddy 1“・・・farm land consolidation of rice paddy, structure of the field 8：“Reclamation of rice paddy 2“・・・Farm land consolidation：paddy field reclamation in Lake Basin Development Authority in Kenya 9： Summary of paddy field Environmental rural engineering： 10："Water movement in upland field 1"・・・1. Structure and soils in upland field, 2. irrigation in upland field 11：" Water movement in upland field 2・・・3. Drainage in upland field 12："Conservation of upland field"・・・water erosion, wind erosion, land slide 13："Conservation of rural environment"・・・Material cycle in cropland and rural area, multi-function of agriculture. 14：“Conservation of global environment”・・・Environmental Rural Engineering in arid region and developing region. 15：Summary of environmental rural engineering, Final exam. |
| Prerequisites |
| Technologies in land consolidation in agriculture consist of knowledge in many specialized field. Therefore overall understandings of the subjects such as soil science, crop production, hydrology, agricultural meteorology, agricultural practice, agricultural economics is recommended. However, the most important thing is students’ motivation in attending the course. Important subject for attending this course may be soil physics. Students will be exposed for environmental impact assessment and agricultural land consolidation and management as well as agricultural land conservation concerning ecosystem. Pre-study and lecture review (including home works) require standard course hours. Textbook below will be used for the lecture and Pre-study and lecture review including home works. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| Agricultural field environmental engineering 2nd edition, Ed. Akira Shiozawa, Eiji Yanaji, Shuichirou Yoshida 312pp (2016) |
| References |
| Soil physics 6th edition, by William A. Jury and Robert Horton (2004) |
| Assessment/Grading |
| Home work (50%), Final exam (50%) |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| Student attending this course would lean about agricultural field engineering and hope to apply the knowledge and idea for agriculture in the future. |
| Course keywords |
| paddy field, upland field, land consolidation, soil physics, water balance, irrigation and drainage, agricultural environment |
| Office hours |
| Friday 10:15-11:30 at 2N306 in New#2Building, |
| Remarks 1 |
| Remarks 2 |
| Related URL |
| http://www.tuat.ac.jp/~pochi/ |
| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| Last update |
| 3/25/2019 10:14:12 AM |