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	Study programmes 2010-2011 Last update : 11/04/2011
	AGRO0005-1   Basis of tropical agriculture, first part Duration :   22h Th, 2h SEM Credits/ECTS :   Master in Chemistry and Bio-industries, Professional Focus, 2nd year First semester 2 Master in Forests and natural Areas Engineering, Professional Focus, 1st year First semester 2 Required preliminary complements to register in the Advanced master in bio-engineering: sanitary engineering First semester 2 Required preliminary complements to register in the Advanced Master in Tropical and Subtropical Culture Protection First semester 2 Holder(s) :   Guy Mergeai Language :   French language Course contents :   Introduction Importance of Agriculture in the tropical areas Characteristics of the abiotic factors influencing agriculture in the tropical areas Characteristics of the biotic factors influencing agriculture in the tropical areas Characteristics of the socio-economic factors influencing agriculture in the tropical areas Characteristics and typical evolutions of the principal agrarian systems of the tropical zones : pastoral farming systems, slash and burn farming systems, hydraulic farming systems of the arid regions, flooded-rice hydraulic farming systems, post-forester not hydraulics systems of the tropical zones Course objective :   To describe the principal factors which influence the organisation, the operation and the dynamics of agriculture in the tropical zones of the world as well as the characteristics and the evolution of the latest mode of exploitation of the tropical ecosystems at agricultural ends After completing the course the student is expected to - To understand the importance of agriculture and the challenges it must overcome in the tropical areas of the world. - To evaluate the potentialities and the natural constraints (physical and biological) of the tropical environments with regard to their exploitation at agricultural ends. - To appreciate the importance of the socio-economic constraints specific to the tropical areas with regard to the exploitations of the environments at agricultural ends. - To understand the organization, the operation and the dynamics of the principal forms of agriculture met in the tropical areas of the world. - To discuss the importance of the constraints which condition the durability of agricultural practices in the main farming systems met in the tropical areas. Prerequisites :   -- EC201 - General ecology -- GP201 - Pedology -- PT201 - Compared agriculture Organization :   Lectures : 22h Seminars : 2h Written notes :   Ruthenberg H. 1980. Farming systms in the tropics. Third edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford, UK. 256 pp. Van Wambeke A. 1995. Sols des tropiques. CTA. Wageningen, Netherland. 335 pp. Mazoyer M. , Roudart L. 1997. Histoire des agricultures du monde. Seuil, Paris, France. 533 pp. Assessment :   Written examination (90%) Personal report (10%) Contacts :   Mergeai, Guy (Chargé de cours) Phytotechnie tropicale et Horticulture 081 62 21 44 mergeai.g@fsagx.ac.be Home Search by Faculty Search by teacher Search by course code and title
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