Study Programmes 2015-2016
GERE0024-1  
Mitigation of environmental impacts of agricultural practices
Duration :
12h Th, 12h Pr
Number of credits :
Master in environmental bioengineering (120 ECTS)2
Lecturer :
Marie-France Destain, Frédéric Lebeau
Coordinator :
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Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
 Negative effects and mitigation technologies for
- soil-machines interaction - spraying techniques - fertilization
  
Learning outcomes of the course :
After completing the course, the student is expected to understand (i) the interaction soil-machines, the principle of plant protection and fertilization techniques, (ii) the techniques for mitigation negatives impacts. 
 
  
  
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Ecotechnology
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Theoretical courses and personal work
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Face-to-face
Recommended or required readings :
Notes on e-campus
 
D'Or, D., & Destain, M.-F. (2014). Toward a tool aimed to quantify soil compaction risks at a regional scale: application to Wallonia (Belgium). Soil & Tillage Research, 144, 53-71. http://hdl.handle.net/2268/169661
Lebeau, F., Verstraete, A., Stainier, C., & Destain, M.-F. (2011). RTDrift: a real time model for estimating spray drift from ground applications. Computers & Electronics in Agriculture, 77(2), 161-174. http://hdl.handle.net/2268/89684
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