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Agricultural Engineering for Sustainable Development (AE 101) – Syllabus

Agricultural Engineering for Sustainable Development

This course offers a holistic introduction to the principles and practices that drive sustainable agriculture, from water management and energy use to post-harvest handling and farm machinery. Dive into each module below to see how we’ll explore the farm-to-fork ecosystem and the role of engineering in achieving global sustainability goals.

This course follows the updated 2025 BE Agricultural Engineering syllabus of Tribhuvan University. It is designed for first-year students in the first semester and carries 2 lecture credits and 1 tutorial credit, with no practical component.

Course Objectives

The course is designed to provide comprehensive concepts of sustainable development, agricultural practices, irrigation practices, energy practices, post-harvest practices, soil and water conservation and farm machinery, fostering a holistic approach from farm to fork and the agro-food ecosystem.

Lecture: 2 | Tutorial: 1 | Practical: 0 | Year: 1 | Part: 1

1. Overview of Sustainable Development (6 hours)

  • 1.1 Introduction and importance of sustainable development
  • 1.2 Three pillars of sustainable development
  • 1.3 Evolution from MDG to SDG
  • 1.4 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and indicators (UN SDGs)
  • 1.5 SDG goals’ linkage with agricultural system and interaction
  • 1.6 The role of agricultural engineering in achieving sustainable development goals
  • 1.7 Application of SDGs in the design and implementation of sustainable projects
  • 1.8 Enabling environment for sustainable agricultural systems

2. Sustainable Agricultural Practices (8 hours)

  • 2.1 Overview of sustainable agriculture and associated practices
  • 2.2 Concept of conservation agriculture and precision farming
  • 2.3 Integrated pest management (IPM) in agriculture
  • 2.4 Organic farming practices
  • 2.5 Concept of climate-smart agriculture
  • 2.6 Life cycle assessment of agro-food ecosystem
  • 2.7 Application of LCA to agro-food ecosystems
  • 2.8 Farm-to-fork concept
  • 2.9 Roles of agricultural engineering and associated engineering practices in the farm-to-fork concept
  • 2.10 Concept of permaculture farming

3. Sustainable Irrigation Practices (3 hours)

  • 3.1 Concept of agricultural water management
  • 3.2 Importance of sustainable water management in irrigated agriculture in Nepal
  • 3.3 Efficiencies in irrigation systems from the water management perspective
  • 3.4 Water-saving technologies in irrigated agriculture (drip and sprinkler irrigation)
  • 3.5 Rainwater harvesting and storage for agriculture

4. Sustainable Energy for Agriculture (3 hours)

  • 4.1 Energy use in agriculture processing
  • 4.2 Renewable energy sources for and from agriculture and livestock
  • 4.3 Energy-efficient farming practices in Nepal

5. Sustainable Soil and Water Conservation Practices (4 hours)

  • 5.1 Concept of integrated watershed management plan
  • 5.2 Agroforestry and soil conservation practices for watershed sustainability
  • 5.3 Soil erosion and conservation measures in practice
  • 5.4 Low-cost watershed management practices for sustainable agriculture
  • 5.5 Concept of land use plan and importance of land use planning
  • 5.6 Concept of land fragmentation and land consolidation and its importance in Nepal

6. Sustainable Farm Machinery (3 hours)

  • 6.1 Farm machinery equipment and sustainable agriculture
  • 6.2 Role of machinery in sustainable agriculture
  • 6.3 Energy-efficient farm equipment and practices in Nepal
  • 6.4 Precision farming equipment

7. Sustainable Post-Harvest Practices (3 hours)

  • 7.1 Post-harvest practices for sustainable agriculture
  • 7.2 Post-harvest losses and their impact
  • 7.3 Solar drying and its application
  • 7.4 Low-cost and eco-friendly storage techniques
  • 7.5 Value chain actors and importance of value chain for sustainability of the agro-food ecosystem in Nepal

Tutorial Topics

  1. Case study of local food sustainability practices, focusing on the three sustainability dimensions
  2. Case study on food sustainability analysis
  3. Group work on quantitative or qualitative analysis of sustainability synergies and trade-offs associated with different food options
  4. Case study of sustainable practice in agriculture
  5. Case study on actors from field to plate (farmers, pre- and post-harvesting processors, value chain actors, etc.)

References

  1. https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/frameworks
  2. NPC. Sustainable Development Goals: status and roadmap 2016–2030. National Planning Commission, Nepal, 2017.
  3. TP Ojha and AM Michael. Principles of Agricultural Engineering Volume 1 and Volume 2. 12th Edition. Jain Brothers.
  4. Pradhan, P., Costa, L., Rybski, D., Lucht, W., & Kropp, J. P. (2017). A systematic study of sustainable development goal (SDG) interactions. Earth's Future, 5(11), 1169–1179.
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Let's Participate in FNSSA conference 2019: Food, Nutrition, Security, and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA) at Egypt
Food, Nutrition, Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA)

 
Will be organized by IEREK in December 2019 with the aim to shed light on all aspects of food, nutrition, and sustainable agriculture and industry, through knowledge exchange between academics, researchers, experts, and scholars. It also enables them to present, discuss, and consider the most recent innovations, trends, concerns, practical challenges, and solutions that are the main concern in various fields of food, nutrition security, and sustainable agriculture.
For Registration & Submission
This conference gives the chance for researchers and experts across the globe to come together, by allowing them to perceive new scientific innovations in the field and find more efficient approaches.
Authors are invited to submit their abstracts, short papers, and full-length papers, check the conference important dates.
Authors are invited to submit their abstracts, short papers, and full-length papers, check the conference important dates.
Publications
Publish your research in our online journal, gain viewership on SSRN, or become one of our authors in the book series Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation by 'Springer' and give your work worldwide exposure.

Registration 
To register as part of our audience, keynote speakers or exhibitors, contact us through the conference emails at info@ierek.com - fnssa@ierek-scholar.org

Or
 through WhatsApp chat or online chatting on the website.
All inquiries could be sent to the conference coordinator:
Nessma Farouk. 

Tel. : (+2) 03 5763827 - Mob. : (+2) 01000028021 - (+2) 01027233310


This contents and information are copied and shared from an email that we got from
FNSSA conference 2019 sara.elsherbiny.ie@gmail.com
For more detail please write to
fnssa@food-conference.org

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