Course title
農地環境工学   [Environmental Rural Engineering]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 3  Semester 1st 
Course type 1st  Course code 01rn3059
Instructor(s)
渡邊 裕純   [WATANABE Hirozumi]
Facility affiliation Graduate School of Agriculture Office   Email address

Course description
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
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
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
1/18/2022 10:21:58 AM