Agriculture - GIS in Ag-Essentials and Applications

Agriculture - GIS in Ag-Essentials and Applications

This course is taught by Dr. R. Nagarajan, Principal Research Scientist CSRE, IIT Bombay and Dr. Venkataraman Balaji, Director, Technology & Knowledge Management, Common Wealth of Learning, Canada. In this course you will learn: Week 1: Traditional information in agriculture practices Week 2: Creation of georeferenced information base from existing data sets using GIS systems Week 3: Understanding of rainfall potential clouds in decision making for irrigation Week 4: Water resources availability – surface water from rainfall and groundwater assessment Week 5: Water demand assessment and deficit Week 6: Drought vulnerability and risk assessment – meteorological, hydrological, agricultural Week 7: Village-level information system and utility – natural resources / socioeconomic aspects Week 8: Sustainable village resources management