Authored By: Abhay Kumar Sinha
ISBN: 9788197682551
Binding: Hardback
Year of Publishing: 2025
Imprint: Content Vibes
Pages: 180
Language: English
Length: 152
Breadth: 14
Height: 229
Weight: 400
Introduction to Agricultural Engineering is a comprehensive guide designed to serve as a pivotal resource for professionals, researchers, students, and enthusiasts who are committed to advancing the frontier of agricultural practices and technologies. It encapsulates the vast spectrum of Agricultural Engineering, ranging from soil and water management to farm machinery and post-harvest technology.
The book is meticulously organized to facilitate a systematic exploration of the subject matter. Each chapter is dedicated to a specific area of Agricultural Engineering, providing in-depth insights, theoretical frameworks, practical applications, and innovative technologies and presented in a reader-friendly manner, complemented by illustrations, case studies, and real-world examples to enhance understanding and applicability.
1. Farm Mechanization
2. Farm Tractor
3. Tillage
4. Seeding and Fertilizer Equipments
5. Equipments
6. Harvesting and Threshing
7. Horticulture Tool and Equipments
8. Farm Processing
9. Ergonomics
10. Farm Electricity
11. Irrigation
12. Drainage
13. Irrigation Pump
14. Land Development
15. Soil Conservation
16. Resource Conservation Technologies (RCT)
Abhay Kumar Sinha:did Ph.D in Farm Machinery and Power (Agricultural Engineering) in the department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, Jawaharlal Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh). He did M.tech in Farm Machinery and B.Tech in Agricultural Engineering in the department of Farm Machinery, College of Agricultural Engineering, Rajendra Agricultural University, Bihar, Pusa.
After PG programme he had joined All India Coordinated Research Project on Farm Implement and Machinery at College of Agricultural Engineering, Rajendra Agricultural University, Bihar, Pusa against the post of Junior Scientist. He had joined as a scientist (Agricultural Engineering) at SKUAST- Jammu on 25.06.2007. He had worked as a Co-PI in externally funded research project and University funded research project in the field of Agricultural Engineering.
He is Professor-cum-Chief Scientist, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, Jammu, Jammu Kashmir-184121, India