Welcome note
Dear students welcome to the module of SSC221: Soil fertility, fertilizer use and plant nutrition
Aims:
The module aim is to provide an understanding of various factors affecting plant mineral nutrition and principles of soil fertility management and improvement of land productivity using fertilizers and melioration of soil properties
Content: Plant nutrition; Fertilizers and fertilizers use and environment management
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
The student shall understand the mechanisms of plant nutrition, effects of fertilizers on soil properties and plants
Cognitive/Intellectual skills/Application of knowledge
The student shall be able to record on a computer tabular reports laboratory practicals and field work
Communication/ICT/Numeracy/Analytic Techniques/Practical Skills
the student shall be able to record on a computer tabular reports laboratory practical and field work.
General transferable skills
The student shall be capable to analyze and diagnose the soil fertility status and propose or apply and/or communicate while stressing the positive and negative impacts of amendment.
Activities
- Online lectures
- providing assignments
- providing reading materials
Indicative resources
Murty, V.V.N. and Jha, M.K. (2011).Land and Water Management Engineering. Sixth Edition, Kalyani Publishers, Ludhiana.
Sharda, V.N., Juyal, G.P., Prakash, C. and Joshi, B.P. (2007). Soil And Water Conservation Engineering (Training Manual-volume II), CSWCRTI, Dehradun, India.
Simons, D. B., & Şentürk, F. (1992). Sediment transport technology: water and sediment dynamics. Water Resources Publication.
Suresh, R. (2009). Soil and Water Conservation Engineering, Standard Publishers Distributors, 951 p.
Lecturers’ information
Dr. Hamoud RUKANGANTAMBARA, 0783021577
NSANZIMANA Oreste, 0788664238
Welcome message
Dear students welcome to the module of SSC2222: Agricultural Engineering
Module aim
The module aim to produce competent graduates that are able to integrate agricultural engineering components in farming systems, understand farmers’ circumstances and provide technical solutions compatible to the available resources. The module will provide an understanding of Farm machinery and Power, Rural Construction and Soil and Water Conservation.
The module comprised with three Learning Unit:
Unit 1: Farm Machinery and Power
Unit 2: Rural Construction
Unit 3: Soil and Water Conservations.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module students will be able to:
- Demonstrate Skills and Knowledge in Farm Mechanization and Tillage Implement
- Understanding of Sowing and Planting equipment
- Apply power principles in Farm activities
- Understanding of rural building, Planning of farm structures
- Understanding of Construction materials and Elements of Construction
- Understand important soil properties that influences soil loss and management strategies.
- Gain knowledge of the indicators of water quality and conservation strategies
- Gain knowledge of the methodology of assessing soil and water quality
- understand importance of wastes management for soil and water conservation
Activities
- Lectures will be delivered online with discussions aimed at stimulating students to read themselves and encourage them to participate in the teaching and learning process.
- Students working as a team to solve complicated, ill-structured problems rooted in Farm machinery and Power, Rural Construction and Soil and Water conservation
- Brainstorming (Oral presentation by lectures, Preparation of good teaching material, organizing enough continuous assessment tests, Group discussions, Presentations in class, Field visits and Assignments on current research conducted in field of agricultural engineering).
- The lecturer will help, lead and guide discussions and summarize students’ ideas and evaluate them. The pass mark will be 50%
- The lecturer should emphasize on key concepts in order to be able to cover all the learning outcomes.
Assessment Strategy
- Students’ skills and competence levels will be evaluated though summative and formative assessment.
- Assessment will emphases on advancement of skills and competence rather than simply achieving a minimum standard and will provides the flexibility for equitable students with different initial skills and competency, which proves particularly relevant to students who may have considerable professional experience and advanced skills and competence in some areas.
- By tracking progress, students will develop an individual portfolio of achievements that can be continued throughout their study programmes and professional lives.
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resources
Mal, B.C. (1995). Introduction to Soil and Water Conservation Engineering, Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi.
Murty, V.V.N. and Jha, Madan K. (2011). Land and Water Management Engineering, Kalyani Publishers, India.
Sharda, V.N., Juyal, G.P., Prakash, C. and Joshi, B.P. (2007). Soil And Water Conservation Engineering (Training Manual-volume II), CSWCRTI, Dehradun, India.
Subramanya, K. (2010). Engineering Hydrology, 3rd ed. Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, India.
Modules Facilitators
- NSANZIMANA Oreste, 0788664238
- Mr. Gasana Gasabato Quenan, +250783883303, email: ggq2211@gmail.com
Welcome message
Dear students welcome to the module of SSC2223: Rural water supply
Aims:
The module aims to provide basic knowledge on the cycle and storage of water and its dynamics (behaviour) in agro-ecosystems and impacts on agricultural activity.
Content: Hydrology; Hydraulics and Hydraulics Structure and Water treatment and supply
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
The student shall understand the mechanisms, factors and law governing the water cycle in ecosystems and formation of ground water reserve and impacts on land use, productivity and conservation. The student shall also grasp principles of water flow in natural or man-made channels and its behaviour in storage structures.
Cognitive/Intellectual skills/Application of knowledge
The student shall be able to understand reasons for water over-abundance (ex. flood) or shortage in agro-ecosystems (ex. drought) and how to balance or imbalance hydrological terms in order to minimise negative impact on agricultural production.
Communication/ICT/Numeracy/Analytic Techniques/Practical Skills
The student shall be able to measure, record, analyse and interpret and report data pertaining to hydrologic cycle and water flow on the land and draw a clear picture of possible impacts.
General transferable skills
,The student should show ability to diagnose/predict critical water resource critical conditions and capacity to propose simple solutions/steps for alleviation.
Assessment strategy
Assessment strategy will include:
- Continuous assessment (CAT) and related activities [assignments, field visit reports, case studies, working with communities etc.,] (50% of total assessment weight)
- Final exam which will be conducted at the end of the module (50% of total assessment weight).
Indicative resources
Davidson, (2001), Introduction to Engieneering and Environment, McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc, ISBN: 7-302-05136-4/X.37.
Enger, E. D., Smith B.F., Bockarie A.T., (2006), environmental science a study of interrelationships, tenth edition, McGraw-Hill Companies, ESBN: 978-7-302-14185-3.
John E. Moore, (2002), Field hydrogeology I: a guide for site investigations and report preparation, LEWIS PUBLISHERS, A CRC Press Company, ISBN 1-56670-587-8
Pathak Dhundi Raj, Akira Hiratsuka, Isao Awata, Luonan Chen, (2008), Groundwater vulnerability assessment in shallow aquifer of Kathmandu Valley using GIS-based DRASTIC model, Env Geo, DOI 10.1007/s00254-008-1432-8
Piscopo, G. (2001), Groundwater vulnerability map, explanatory notes, Castlereagh Catchment, NSW.Department of Land andWater Conservation, Australia,http://www.dlwc.nsw.gov.au/care/water/groundwater/reports/pdfs.
Activities:
- Online lectures
- Provision of reading materials and
- Provision of assignments to the students
Modules Facilitators:
It is facilitated by:
Dr. BAZIMENYERA Jean de Dieu,
Email: bazidieu@gmail.com,
Tel:0785375898
KAYIJUKA Claude
Email: ckayijuka@yahoo.fr
Tel: 0788456096
MUGWANEZA Francois
Email: fmugwaneza2012@gmail.com
Tel: 0788519447