2023-2024 / AGRO0001-1

Basic principles of agriculture and agroecology

Duration

20h Th, 4h FT

Number of credits

 Bachelor in landscape architect2 crédits 
 Bachelor in bioengineering2 crédits 
 Master in innovation management and the food design (120 ECTS)2 crédits 

Lecturer

Pierre Delaplace, Benjamin Dumont 

Coordinator

Benjamin Dumont 

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course will be structured as follows: 
1. Definition of the Yield Gap, natural factors of agricultural production and socio-economic and technical factors of agricultural production
2. Definition of the concept of food requirement and needs
3. Classification of the different forms of agriculture on a global scale
4. Discovering the agro-ecological continuum and the diversity of agricultural and agro-ecological practices at the farm level
5. Defining major agricultural productions in tropical and temperate environments
 

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

To approach farming systems around the world in their diversity, as a result of environment, ecology, history, and socio-economic-political and technological evolution.
Evaluate systems based on their productivity, stability, autonomy and sustainability.
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
1.  Understand how agriculture works in different parts of the world;
2.  Analyse an agricultural production system in terms of the main factors that determine or influence it;
3. Interpret with a critical eye the functioning of agricultural systems.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Ex cathedra lectures on agriculture in temperate and tropical environments: 16 h

Playing with a serious game to learn about the diversity of agronomic and agro-ecological practices at the farm scale : 4h

Visit of the experimental farm to get in touch with cropping practices: 2h



 

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Presential or virtual (depending on sanitary situation)

Recommended or required readings

Slides on  e-campus
on-line serious game
Elzebroeck Ton, Wind Koop (2008). Guide to cultivated plants. CABI, xi, 540 p.

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )

- Remote

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )


Additional information:

Any session :

- In-person

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )

- Remote

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred remote


Additional information:

Written examination in june (100%)

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Contacts

Prof. Benjamin Dumont
Plant Sciences - CropScience
081 62 21 43
benjamin.dumont@uliege.be

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