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B026469 - Eco-compatibility of tree crops
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Suggested readings
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Course program
Academic Year 2017-18
Course year
Second year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Agrifoodstuffs Production and Environmental Sciences (DISPAA)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
AGR/03 - ARBORICULTURE AND FRUITCULTURE
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
48
Teaching Term
26/02/2018 ⇒ 08/06/2018
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
Environmental value of agricultural development. Sustainability of tree crops. Eco-sustainable production systems: integrated, biological, conservative, biodynamic crops. Permaculture. The birth and development of social and civic arboriculture. Work on the net. The climate-smart agriculture. Theories and Techniques of storytelling for a Sustainable Agriculture
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
Lecture notes
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Ecosystems and Human Well-being. Synthesis. Washington, DC.: Island Press, 2005.
National Research Council, Towards Sustainable Agricultural Systems in the 21st Century. Washington: The National Academic Press, 2010.
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Ecosystems and Human Well-being. Synthesis. Washington, DC.: Island Press, 2005.
National Research Council, Towards Sustainable Agricultural Systems in the 21st Century. Washington: The National Academic Press, 2010.
Learning Objectives
To provide the students with the necessary knowledges and tools needed to calculate and to cut down the envirnmantal impact of tree crops
Prerequisites
No prerequisites
Teaching Methods
Total hours of the course (including the time
spent in attending lectures, seminars, private
study, examinations, etc...): 200
Hours reserved to private study and other
indivual formative activities: 142
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 26
Contact hours for: Laboratory (hours): 6
Contact hours for: Laboratory-field/practice (hours): 16
Seminars (hours): 0-5
Stages: 0
Intermediate examinations: 5
spent in attending lectures, seminars, private
study, examinations, etc...): 200
Hours reserved to private study and other
indivual formative activities: 142
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 26
Contact hours for: Laboratory (hours): 6
Contact hours for: Laboratory-field/practice (hours): 16
Seminars (hours): 0-5
Stages: 0
Intermediate examinations: 5
Type of Assessment
Continuos talking throughout the course. Final examination
Course program
Definition of sustainability. History of Sustainability in Agriculture. Impact of agriculture and tree crops on the environment. Emissions. Fertilizers. Pesticides. Environmental value of agricultural development. Resource management and preservation to the future generations. Soil. Water. Conservation of the biodiversity. Eco-sustainable production systems: integrated, biological, conservative, biodynamic crops. Permaculture. The birth and development of social and civic arboriculture. Work on the net. The climate-smart agriculture. Theories and Techniques of storytelling for a Sustainable Agriculture