A Brief Introduction To Agricultural Engineering

Agricultural engineering is define as the science in which we apply our electrical, chemical, mechanical,civil skills to agricultural field to get maximum productivity form it. Agricultural engineering deals excessively with

• Farm machinery. 
• The location and planning of farm structure. 
• Farm drainage 
• Soil management and its erosion. 
• Water management in farm 

Agricultural Engineering covers four disciplines-

• Farm Machinery and Power Engineering.
• Soil and Water Conservation Engineering 
• Irrigation and Drainage engineering 
• Post Harvest Process And Food Engineering

Farm Machinery and Power Engineering 

The farm machinery technology is used for increment of traction power. Best example is two wheeler  Tractor and four wheeler Tractor. The farm machinery is an operation to minimize the energy effort of man power and reduce the total labour cost. Farm machinery also includes the equipment, like Tractor, Combiner, Power Tiller etc and some implement like Harrow, Transplanter, Seed drill, Rotavator, Stone Picker etc.
 
The Farm Machinery also apply its principle in fertilizers and pesticide control. It is used in implementation as a Fertilizers Spreader, Manure Spreader, Sprayer and Slurry Agitator etc. The farm machinery is a part of irrigation as it is used in driving pump to extract the ground water. We use farm machinery in the following equipment like tractor, stationary engine power tiller. It is used to weight separate and refine fine product from the raw material and is used in by machines according to appearance, color and texture. There is a wide role of farm machinery in harvesting. Currently many crops are harvested by farm machinery equipment like sugarcane harvester, potato digger, wheat, rice, maize, carrot, etc. Comparison between earlier used and modern Modern technology in farm machinery has involved from the old technology. In old farm machinery implement were made of stone and sticks. Example indigenous Plough and Mould board Plough and its consumption of man power and that of animal was very time consumptive but its implement were not expansive.

The farmer is not growing the multiple crops and not uses good quality of fertilizers, pesticide and productivity is highly dependent on climate. The modern farm machinery is widely progressive in farm equipment, day by day. And its equipment are expensive but do not take much time in growing the best crops of many types and its employs new technology , thereby reducing labour and animal dependency. With the help of farm machinery waste land is utilized and production of agricultural product increase.

Scope Of Agricultural Engineering 

Scope of agricultural engineering The 52 percent of Indian population is based on agriculture. It contributes nearly 14.6 percent to the growth domestic product (GDP) of our country. After independence, agriculture played a pivotal role in strengthening and laying the foundation of our country.

The following careers /job prospects in agriculture engineering can be witness today.

• Agriculture engineering 
• Agriculture extension  
• Agriculture land scaping engineering 
• Professor for Agriculture engineering 
• Agriculture research scientists 
• Fertilizers and irrigation industries 
• LTD companies 
• Indian forest service (IFS) 
• Graduate record examination(GRE) 
• Master in business administration(MBA) 
• Senior research fellow(SRF)