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| RAVT2045-3 | Elements of synergy between livestock and plant productions, 3rd part
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| Duration : | 10h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Guy Mergeai |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| Presentation of the calculation modes of the sources of losses and contributions in humus to tropical soils.
Presentation of the contributions in major nutritive elements by various types of animal manures.
Presentation of the calculation mode of the production and application costs of different types of animal manures in tropical environments.
Applications of the learned methods of calculation. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| To give the elements allowing calculating the contributions in mineral nutriments and organic matter to the soils from various modes of large and small ruminant rearing in tropical areas as well as the cost of these contributions.
At the end of the course, the students will be able:
- To calculate the humic balance of a farm carrying out the breeding of bovines and/or small ruminants in areas tropical (with and without stalling during part of the day, with and without contribution of litter in the kraals or the cattle sheds).
- To calculate the contribution of the animals to the enrichment of the soils in major nutritive elements (NPK).
To calculate the application and production cost of one kg animal manure in tropical conditions. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Lecture : 6h
Mid-term oral presentation
Case study and individualized coaching |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face to face learning |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| PDF copy of the slides presented during the lecture.
Defoer T., Budelman A., Toulmin C., Carter S.E. (2000). Building common knowledge : participatory learning and action research (Part 1). In : Defoer T., Budelman A. (eds).
Managing Soil fertility in the tropics. A resource guide for participatory learning and action research. Royal Tropical Insitute, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas.
Lavigne Delville P. (1996). Gérer la fertilité des terres du Sahel. Diagnostic et conseil aux paysans. GRET, Paris, France. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Evaluation on the basis of a written feed-back presented at the end of the course.
The evaluation criteria are as follows:
- the scientific quality of the document,
- the type of synergy(ies) developped, their originality, and their feasibility (quantified proposal or only suggestions),
- the quality of the references used (recent? scientific? relevant?),
- the quality of the document (use the standards for a MSc thesis).
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Mergeai, Guy (chargé de cours)
Phytotechnie tropicale et Horticulture
+32-81 62 21 44 |
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