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| AGRO0001-1 | Compared agriculture
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| Duration : | 34h Th, 2h FT |
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| Holder(s) : | Bernard Bodson, Guy Mergeai |
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| Coordinator : | Bernard Bodson |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | 1. Introduction: diversity of agricultural forms throughout the world;
2. Concept of system and its application in agriculture;
3. Production factors used in agriculture;
4. Natural and socioeconomical factors which condition agricultural activities;
5. Presence of human and needs for agricultural products;
6. Vegetal productions;
7. Animal productions;
8. Genesis of agricultural systems;
9. Agricultural systems on tropical regions;
10. The diversity of agricultural systems un Europe;
11. Agricultural systems in grait plains on North America. |
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| Course objective : | To approach in their diversity the main farming systems of the world, as resulting from ecological features and historical, political, socio-economical and technological evolutions; to assess the farming systems on bases of their productivity, stability, autonomy and sustainablity.
After completing the course the student is expected to
- Understand how function agriculture in the world;
- Analyse a farming system in function of main factors which determinate or influence it;
- Give a critical interpretation on the functioning of agricultural systems. |
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| Organization : | Lectures : 34h
Field-study trip and visits : 2h |
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| Written notes : | Copy of PPT Diaporamas.
Elzebroeck Ton, Wind Koop (2008). Guide to cultivated plants. CABI, xi, 540 p. |
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| Assessment : | Written examination (100%) |
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| Contacts : | Bodson, Bernard (Professeur - Gestionnaire)
Phytotechnie des Régions tempérées
081 62 21 40
bodson.b@fsagx.ac.be |
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