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| AGRO0007-2 | Practical aspects of agriculture in temperate regions
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| Duration : | 4h Th, 20h FT |
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| Lecturer : | Bernard Bodson |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| Observation and evaluation methods for soils, plants, flora and faun in agricultivated fields.
Elaboration criteria for stategies and practical aspects of cultivation practices.
Assesment of achievement and quality of cultivation practices.
Agronomical, economical and environmental aspects of cultivation practices.
Implementation of environmentally respectful cultivation practices. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Develop skills for observation, analyse, problems troubleschooting in major crops.
After completing the course, the student is expected to
- Be able to observe a crop;
- Diagnose major problems;
- Plain main cultivation practices taking into account agronomical, economical and environmental aspects. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| AGRO0001-1 - Compared agriculture
AGRO0003-3 - Crop production in temperate regions (part 1) |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Sessions of 4 consecutive hours are given entirely on fields from the Experimental Farm, from neighbouring farmers, from experimental fields of Crop Production Unit, other Units and CRA-W.
Successive visits on the same parcel (3 or 4 times) during the growing period allow the students to observe the evolution of different crops. Teachers (B. Bodson and F. Vancutsem) guide students and explain the reasons of these evolutions, the different possible cultivation practices on the crop and decision tools that can be used to conduct the crop.
Moreover, small group of sutdents will have to minitor a plot of the Experimental Farm, where they will have to make observations and suggest cultivation practices that should be done if necessary. After each session, they will have to report to teachers and their proposal will be discussed with the whole of the students. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Document copies about observation modalities and decision tools for cultivation practices will be provided to students. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral examination (100%) |
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Organizational remarks :
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| All the session are given outdoor, on the fields. Students have to wear suitable clothing (boots, pull-over, rain-coat, ...).
Shifts between fields (within a 12 kilometers radius around Gembloux) are done by car (car-sharing). Students who might take their own car will be refund by the Crop Husbandry Unit. |
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Contacts :
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| Bodson, Bernard (Professeur - Gestionnaire)
Phytotechnie des Régions tempérées
081 62 2140
b.bodson@ulg.ac.be |
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