Key words
Plant production systems, tropics, subtropics
Objectives
In tropical and subtropical areas lots of plant production systems are practiced. An insight in such a plant production system is necessary to optimize the crop production qualitatively and quantitatively in tropical and subtropical areas, in function of the ecological system.
Topics
Theory:
The main production systems as shifting cultivation, plantations, irrigation agriculture, agroforestry a.o. are discussed and linked to the production environment.
Aspects of sustainable agricultural production and processing.
Exercises:
Small assignment (in group): explore a certain production system: pro and cons, origin, occurrence, future perspectives, …
Large assignment (in group): explore a complete production process of a certain crop, with specific attention to bottlenecks concerning ecological, economical and social sustainability, additional design of an optimization of the production process.
Prerequisites
Final competences acquired for “Anatomie en morfologie van hogere planten”, “Plantenfysiologie”, “Bodemkunde en ecologie”, “Fytotechnie en ecofysiologie” and “Gewasbescherming”.
Final Objectives
- Able to develop the optimal plant production system in certain ecopedological circumstances
- Able to analyze the components of each discussed plant production system
General competence 1: the ability to originality and creativity in order to continuously extend knowledge and insights
General competence 2: Have insight in the newest knowledge in the field or parts of it
General competence 3: Able to deal with complex problems
Materials used
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Syllabus and PowerPoint presentations are available
Study costs
Cost: 60.0 EUR
Estimated costs: 30 euro
Syllabus: 30 euro
Study guidance
Permanent possibility to make an appointment with teacher and assistants
Teaching Methods
Oral lectures combined with exercises (independently conducted assignments)
Assessment
Theory: written examination
Exercises: oral and written presentation, questions and discussion
Coefficient:
theory: 50%
exercises: 50%
Lecturer(s)
Patrick Van Damme (UGent, FBW)
Céline Termote (UGent, FBW)
Sarah DE LAETHAUWER
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