Emerging Technologies in Agricultural Engineering

This book covers an array of issues on emerging agricultural engineering and technology, featuring new research and studies. The volume is broken into three parts: emerging technologies, energy management in agriculture, and management of natural resources, in which particular attention is paid to water management, a necessary consideration for successful crop production, especially in water-scarce regions. Topics include alleviating drainage congestion, solar energy for agriculture, anaerobic digestion by inoculation with compost, self-propelled inter-cultivators, agrobiodiversity, and watershed development and management.