Module CodeCourse Subject Name

19349029

Course Term

Agro-Production

AutumnEnvironmental Engineering
Toshinori Tabata
Yoshiyuki Shinogi

Course Tutor

SemesterTomoyuki Taniguchi
Syuntaro Hiradate
Takahiro Higashi
Daisuke Yasutake

Credit2Schools

School of Agriculture

Taught Year

The 3rd yearCampus

Ito campus

Taught Day

WED-1

Subject Area
Course Subject Classification Specialized Subjects
Course Requirements
Course Requirement(Pre-requisite)
Course Outline

Wednesday, 1st period (8:40-10:10)

You are expected to attend classes and write assignments on topics assigned by the tutors.
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The most important elements in agriculture are crops including microorganismsm, trees and animals. However non-biological factors
like water, soil and atmosphere are also important to sustain profitable agricultural production. In this course, a series of introductorylectures are provided by six tutors who has plenty of expertise on these research fields.

key words
Soil, Water, Atmosphere, Environment, Crop production
Study Objectives (General)
The objective of the course is to gain basic insights into engineering science fields focusing on water, soil, and atmosphere.
Study Objectives (Specific) The course aims to achieve the following:
The objectives are to understand basic scientific concepts that appear in hydrology, irrigation engineering, soil science, soilengineering and agricultural meteorology. The course is an introduction to these scientific fields and is helpful in further study. The
course is also useful in better understanding of crop science, plant breeding, forestry, fishery as well as agricultural economics.
Course Plan
1) (Tabata) Present situation of water resources and water environment. (Oct.2)
2) (Tabata) Water resource management and water environment conservation in watersheds. (Oct.9)3) (Tabata) Introduction to mathematical modeling of water environment in agricultural watersheds. (Oct.23)
4) (Shinogi) Outline of water and irrigation management (Oct.30)
5) (Shinogi) Outline of biomass and it's use (Feb.5)
6) (Taniguchi) Introduction of water management in rural region (Nov.6)
7) (Hiradate) Overview of soil functions for plant production. (Nov.20)
8) (Hiradate) Two major functional materials in soils; clay minerals and humic substances. (Nov.27)9) (Hiradate) Soil types and functions. (Dec.4)10) (Higashi) Roles of soil and description of an assemblage of particles. (Dec.11)11) (Higashi) Measurement of water content, void ratio, wet density, etc. for a soil.(Dec.18)12) (Higashi) Let’s consider on geotechnical disasters(slope failure and ground subsidence). (Dec.25)13) (Yasutake) Outline of agricultural meteorology.(Jan.8)14) (Yasutake) Environmental control for high yield production.(Jan.22)15) (Yasutake) Environmental control for improving agricultural disaster. (Jan.29)
Course Approaches

Engineering

Textbooks

None

Reference Books

You will be referred to relevant books in each class.
Toshinori Tabata ; Anytime when I am in my office (Room W5-884)
Yoshiyuki Shinogi; Monday 16:00-17:00 (Room W5-879)

Study consultation

Tomoyuki Taniguchi; Monday(office hour)

Syuntaro Hiradate; Monday 12:00-13:00 (Room W5-773)

12：00-13：00（RoomW5-880)

Takahiro Higashi; Anytime when I am in my office (Room W5-775)
Exams/Results

Daisuke Yasutake; Anytime when I am in my office (Room W5-885)
There are no final exams. You are graded on attendance (ca. 50%) and in-class tests or assignmnets

Evaluation Method

on topics assigned by the tutors (ca. 50%).

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