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Farm Machinery:
Tillage
Sowing/ Interculturing
Harvesting/ Threshing/ Combined
Multipurpose
Water lifting
Transport
Dryer
Irrigation & Drainage:
Sources- Canal/ Well/ Lift
Types - Flow, drip, sprinkler
Optimum use/ avoid excessive use
Govt. Canal/ co-operative lift.
Water Distribution, scheduling
Water Distribution societies
Problems of excessive use
Magnitude of land spoilage
Drainage- surface & underground
Soil & Water Conservation :
Bunding
Nala Plugging
Drop structures
Terracing
Percolation Tank
Farm Ponds/ Village Ponds.
Watershed Management:
Concept
Identification
Size - survey & measurement.
Technology.
Continous contour trenches (ccts)
Gully plugging/ Nala Plugging.
Vegetative cover
Vanarai Bandhara
Gabion Structure
Identification and involvement of beneficieries.
Government help
Long Term programmes
Repair & Maintenance
Water use planning-
Dug wells/ bore wells, cropping pattern.
Farm Structures:
Byres/ Barns
Stores/ Godowns.
Poultry Sheds.
Sheep/ goats shed
Farm Houses.