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2025-2026 / VEGE0049-1

Tropical agroecology

Duration

20h Th, 24h Pr

Number of credits

 Master in agricultural bioengineering, professional focus5 crédits 

Lecturer

Ludivine Lassois

Substitute(s)

Nicolas Desoignies

Coordinator

Ludivine Lassois

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

The course aims to develop students' ability to apply previously acquired agroecology concepts to a research or development project in tropical agroecology.

Through Project-Based Learning (PBL), students will write a project on an existing issue proposed by a partner from the Global South, allowing them to apply and deepen their understanding of agroecology, while learning the basics of project and budget writing and management.

Field visits will be organized to companies or organizations developing agroecological tools or techniques.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of this teaching unit, students will be able to:

Perform an agroecological diagnosis using an evaluation grid.

Search for a call for projects suited to the chosen issue.

Propose agroecological improvements in a tropical agroecosystem.

Write a concise project proposal including the state of the art and implementation

Be able to complete a logical framework

Defend the project orally

 

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

AGRO0001 Basics of agriculture and agroecology

AGRO0021 Initiation to cultural tehcniques and levers

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course consists mainly of project-based learning, punctuated by short theoretical sessions.

3 journées de visites sont prévues

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Written work / report


Further information:

Evaluation will be based on a written project with oral defense

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Contacts

Nicolas Desoignies

nicolas.desoignies@uliege.be

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