Introductory Soil and Water Conservation Engineering

A guidebook for students pursuing B.Sc. (H) Agriculture, Horticulture, Diploma / B. Tech. in Agricultural Engineering, Soil Water Conservation Engineering and Candidates aspiring for exams like JRF, NET, GATE & relevant recruitment. The topics in the book are based on the latest curriculum of the ICAR’s 5th Deans’ Committee recommended syllabus of B. Sc. (Agriculture) and covered in twelve chapters i.e., Farm Soil and Rainwater Resources, Soil Erosion, Gully Formation and Control, , Soil Loss Estimation, Land Levelling and Contour Mapping, Contour Bunds, Graded Bunds, Bench Terraces Design, Agricultural Trenches, Grassed Waterways Design, Water Conservation Structures, Estimation of Volume of Water Storage. The salient features of this book are that each topic is explained in a very straightforward way using suitable illustrations / sketches / diagrams along with some solved numerical examples.