NPTEL : NOC:GIS in Ag-Essentials and Applications (GIS) (Agriculture)

Co-ordinators : Dr. Venkataraman Balaji, Dr. R. Nagarajan


Lecture 1 - Introduction

Lecture 2 - Our Agriculture Practices and Lessons

Lecture 3 - Climate and Scale of Change

Lecture 4 - Course Corrections

Lecture 5 - Modified Agriculture - Precision Agriculture

Lecture 6 - Modififed Agriculture Practice - Climate Smart Agriculture

Lecture 7 - Maps and Information in Practice

Lecture 8 - Geographical Information System (GIS)

Lecture 9 - Types of input

Lecture 10 - Analysis - Map overlay

Lecture 11 - Buffering and Perspective View

Lecture 12 - GIS Type and Available GIS Softwares

Lecture 13 - Village Cadastral Map and Property Card

Lecture 14 - Cadastral Maps and Contents

Lecture 15 - Creation of Cadastral Information Base

Lecture 16 - Land Information System

Lecture 17 - Creation of Village Boundary Based Basin Analysis

Lecture 18 - Village Information System

Lecture 19 - Needs and Weather Forecast

Lecture 20 - Cloud Types and Rain Bearing Clouds

Lecture 21 - Weather Satellites and Cloud Pattern Reading

Lecture 22 - Rainfall and Supplementary Irrigation

Lecture 23 - Synergistic Use

Lecture 24 - Surface Rainfall - Run off Assessment and Model

Lecture 25 - Soil and Water Assessment Tools (SWAT) Model

Lecture 26 - Groundwater Availability

Lecture 27 - Groundwater Potential Mapping

Lecture 28 - Water Storage and Water Availability and Release

Lecture 29 - Growth of Crop Area in Command Area and Impact Climate Change

Lecture 30 - Impact of Climate on Agriculture

Lecture 31 - Crop Water Requirement and Distribution Loss

Lecture 32 - Village Agriculture and Other Water Demand and Supply Source

Lecture 33 - Water Security Assessment

Lecture 34 - Land Degradation: Soil Salinity

Lecture 35 - Water Logging

Lecture 36 - Water Balance Under Different Rainfall

Lecture 37 - Drought and Characteristics

Lecture 38 - Drought Vulnerability and Risk Assessment

Lecture 39 - Monitoring and Warning

Lecture 40 - Drought Monitoring: a global perspective

Lecture 41 - Drought Risk and Vulnerability Assessment: a global perspective

Lecture 42 - GIS in Sustainable Agriculture

Lecture 43 - Assessment of Existing Water Storage Structures and Rehabilitation

Lecture 44 - Sustainable Development and Agriculture: a confluence of pressures

Lecture 45 - Climate Change and Drought: a global perspective

Lecture 46 - GIS and Drought Management: a global perspective