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| AGRO0011-2 | Pedology of tropical and subtropical environments
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| Duration : | 15h Th, 9h FT |
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| Lecturer : | Laurent Bock |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| Principles of geomorphopedological identification and soil quality evaluation.
Guidelines for profile description and implementation (handbook and form of the Laboratory).
Concepts of representative samplings and of adaptated soil analysis menus.
Systems of soil use and management in relation with their specificities (context of shifting cultivation and improved or intensive cropping).
Elements of soil conservation and improvement.
Special questions (soils mapping for irrigation, saline soils and mangroves, rice growing, desertification, ...) = personal report. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| To apply the principles of general pedology to the knowledge and the appropriate management of soils in the frame of hot sub-continental specificities. Examples are taken from personal experiences
After completing the course the student is expected to
- use the existing documents on a given overseas land context or to palliate their lack,
- initiate a soil survey and perform a soil description,
- conceive a strategy of soil sampling and soil analyses,
- evaluate (top)soil suitability and fertility,
- suggest adapted and integrated solutions of soil conservation and recapitalization. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| -- GEOP0002-1 - Pedology |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Framework of a methodology developped during near 40 years Overseas |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Lectures : 15h
Field-study trip and visits : 9h |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Van Wambeke A. (1995), Sols des tropiques, CTA, Wageningen, NL, 335 p.
Sanchez P.A. (1976), Properties and Management of soils in the tropics, J.Wiley, New York, 618 p.
Booker tropical soil manual (1991), J.R. Landon ed., Longman, New York, 474 p.
FAO Soils Bulletin. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral examination on personally collected documents |
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Organizational remarks :
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| Numerous documents published by the service or acces free given during lectures |
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Contacts :
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| Bock, Laurent (Professeur - Gestionnaire)
Science du Sol
081 62 25 38
laurent.bock@ulg.ac.be |
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