Agricultural engineering

History
The first curriculum in Agricultural Engineering was established at Iowa State
University by Professor J. B. Davidson in 1903. The American Society of
Agricultural Engineers, now known as the American Society of Agricultural
and Biological Engineers, was founded in 1907.

Agricultural engineers
Agricultural engineers may perform tasks such as planning, supervising and
managing
the
building
of
dairy
effluent
schemes,
irrigation, drainage, flood and
water
control
systems,
performing environmental
impact
assessments, agricultural product
processing and interpret research results and implement relevant practices.
A large percentage of agricultural engineers work in academia or for
government agencies such as the United States Department of Agriculture or
state agricultural extension services. Some are consultants, employed by
private engineering firms, while others work in industry, for manufacturers of
agricultural machinery, equipment, processing technology, and structures for
housing livestock and storing crops. Agricultural engineers work in
production, sales, management, research and development, or applied
science.
In the United Kingdom the term Agricultural Engineer is often also used to
describe a person that repairs or modifies agricultural equipment.

Academic programs in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Below is a listing of known academic programs that offer bachelor's degrees
(B.S. or B.S.E. or B.E / B.Tech) in what ABETterms "Agricultural Engineering",
"Biosystems Engineering", "Biological Engineering", or similarly named
programs. ABETaccredits college and university programs in the disciplines
of applied science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology.

ADVERSE EFFECTS OF PEOPLE ACTIVITIES

The Greenhouse Effect
Too much carbon dioxide and other gases emitted by factories are accumulating in the
atmosphere. These gases allow sunlight to penetrate the earths atmosphere but unfortunately,
they also trap radiant heat and revert its escape into outer space. The immediate consequence is
Global Warming, which is better known as the Green House Effect
The rise in the average temperature of the earth could have serious consequence. Among them is
the melting of ice and glaciers in the North and South poles. This will raise the water level in
many parts of the world, resulting in the submersion of the low-lying coastal towns and cities.
Ozone Depletion
Ozone Layer is formed when ultraviolet radiation (UV) splits a molecule of oxygen (O), and the
free oxygen atoms (O) combine with other oxygen molecules. Ozone acts as a filter in the upper
atmosphere, preventing the harmful ultraviolet radiation of the sun from reaching the earth.
Carbon compounds such as carbon dioxide (CO) and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), nitrogen
oxides (NO), and methane break up Ozone molecules.
Acid Rain
Sulfur and nitrogen oxides are released from industrial factories, electrical power plants,
smelting plants and motor vehicles. When these gases combine with the moisture in the
atmosphere, they return to the ground as sulfuric acids and nitric acids. These are popularly
known as Acid Rain, and it bring damages to lakes, the soil, forest and buildings.
Water Pollution
Industrial wastes disposal of in streams and rivers have polluted these bodies of water, making
them unfit for the fish and other aquatic animals to inhabit. When the water from these streams
and river flows into lakes and oceans, then these bodies of water also become populated
Deforestation
The overcutting of trees in virgin forest has done irreparable damages to environment. Effects of
forest destruction
Soil Erosion
Flooding
Silting of rivers...