2019-2020 / GERE0024-1

Mitigation of environmental impacts of agricultural practices

Duration

12h Th, 12h Pr

Number of credits

 Master in environmental bioengineering (120 ECTS)2 crédits 

Lecturer

Frédéric Lebeau

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Mitigation of agricultural practices aims at reducing the adverse impacts of agriculture on environment and public health.
After a general overview of the thematic of impact mitigation of human activities, the course presents the concept of mitigation through the description of plant protection product application.
The students are asked to transpose concepts seen at theoretical classes to an original agricultural problematic of their choice in the practical work.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

After completing the course, the student is expected to be capable to apply the mitigation concept to a new agricultural problematic. 
 
  
  

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Physics (fluid mechanics,..)
Biology (plant physiology,.. )
Systems dynamics (dynamic modelization)
Programming

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

On the basis of theoretical concepts illustrated through the plant protection products application, the student is asked to transpose these concepts to an other probelmatic

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Face-to-face

Recommended or required readings

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

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral presentation to the classroom 

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

unchanged EP

Assessment subjects

Assessment methods

Contacts

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

Assessment subjects

Unchanged  

Assessment methods

Unchanged assesment method

Contacts

f.lebeau@uliege.be