Integrated Soil Management

1. Explain the causes and effects of soil erosion and implement effective control measures.
2. Classify and manage organic soils for sustainable agricultural production.
3. Identify and remediate polluted soils using appropriate techniques.
4. Understand soil nutrient dynamics and optimize nutrient use efficiency.
5. Manage wetland soils for food production while preserving their ecological value.
6. Explain soil nutrient dynamics.

13 weeks, about 48 hours in total. Yours will differ.

1. Week 1Module 1: Soil Erosion – Causes and Effects

   • Unit 1: Soil erosion: causes and effects · 2 hours

     Define soil erosion and its types.. Identify the causes and effects of water erosion, including sheet, rill, and gully erosion.. Understand the principles of different erosion types..

   • Unit 2: Soil erodibility · 2 hours

     Explain soil erodibility and the factors influencing it.. Discuss physical, chemical, and biological properties affecting soil erodibility.. Understand the role of organic matter and tillage practices in erosion control..

2. Week 2Module 1: Soil Erosion – Causes and Effects

   • Unit 3: Effect of Water Erosion · 2 hours

     Identify soil erosion problems on-site and off-site.. Explain erosion sedimentation effects.. Identify and discuss erosion control measures..

   • Unit 4: Wind Erosion · 2 hours

     Explain wind erosion and its causes and effects.. Identify conservation measures for wind erosion control.. Discuss the types of soil movement by wind..

3. Week 3Module 2: Organic Soils

   • Unit 1: Organic Soils · 3 hours

     Classify organic soils based on the stage of breakdown.. Describe the physical and chemical characteristics of organic soils.. Discuss management practices for organic soils, including tillage, water management, and fertilizer use..

4. Week 4Module 2: Organic Soils

   • Unit 2: Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration · 3 hours

     Understand the concept of carbon sequestration.. Discuss the technical potential of soil carbon sequestration.. Identify challenges of enhancing soil carbon storage..

5. Week 5Module 2: Organic Soils

   • Unit 3: Carbon Sequestration in Soils: The Opportunities and Challenges · 3 hours

     Identify the genesis of carbon sequestration in terrestrial systems.. Identify evidence that carbon is sequestered in soil and terrestrial ecosystems.. Understand how carbon sequestration occurs in different ecosystems..

6. Week 6Module 2: Organic Soils

   • Unit 4: Regosol · 3 hours

     Define Regosols and identify their genesis.. Understand the characteristics of Regosols.. Identify management and use strategies for Regosols..

7. Week 7Module 3: Problem Soils

   • Unit 1: Problem Soils · 3 hours

     Identify acid sulfate soils and their utilization.. Identify organic soils and their utilization.. Identify salt-affected soils and their utilization..

8. Week 8Module 3: Problem Soils

   • Unit 2: Sandy Soils · 3 hours

     Identify sandy soils and their utilization.. Identify shallow soils or skeletal soils and their management measures.. Identify too dry or too wet soils and their management..

9. Week 9Module 3: Problem Soils

   • Unit 3: Polluted Soils · 3 hours

     Identify heavy metal polluted soils.. Identify heavy metals availability in soils.. Identify the effect of heavy metal polluted soil on plant growth..

10. Week 10Module 3: Problem Soils

    • Unit 4: Reclamation nd Management of Polluted Soils · 3 hours

      Identify microbial and enzymatic activities in soil.. Discuss soil plant interactions.. Understand the bioremediation of heavy metal polluted soils..

11. Week 11Module 4: Soil Nutrient Dynamics

    • Unit 1: Bioremediation of Polluted Soil Sites with Crude Oil Hydrocarbons · 3 hours

      Identify advantages of bioremediation of crude oil hydrocarbons.. Understand the process of bio-remediation of hydrocarbon polluted soils..

    • Unit 2: Soil Nutrient Dynamics · 3 hours

      Explain spatial patterns of nutrients in soil.. Explain nutrients cycle (C, N, H, O) in soils..

12. Week 12Module 4: Soil Nutrient Dynamics

    • Unit 3: Nutrients Cycle In Soils: (P, S, Ca, K & Minor Elements) · 3 hours

      Identify the roles of phosphorus, sulfur, and calcium in soil.. Explain the roles of minor elements in soil..

    • Unit 4: Roles of Animals in Nutrient Cycling In Soils · 3 hours

      Identify processes involved in animal roles in nutrient cycling.. Understand practical implications of the role of animals in nutrient cycling..

13. Week 13Module 5: Wetland Soils

    • Unit 1: Wetland Soils · 4 hours

      Identify tropical wetland soils.. Discuss potentials and limitations of wetland soils.. Understand prospects for their use in food production..