Duration
20h Th, 4h FT
Number of credits
| Bachelor in landscape architect | 2 crédits | |||
| Bachelor in bioengineering | 2 crédits | |||
| Master in innovation management and the food design (120 ECTS) | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course will be structured as follows:
1. Definition of the Yield Gap, natural factors of agricultural production and socio-economic and technical factors of agricultural production
2. Definition of the concept of food requirement and needs
3. Classification of the different forms of agriculture on a global scale
4. Discovering the agro-ecological continuum and the diversity of agricultural and agro-ecological practices at the farm level
5. Defining major agricultural productions in tropical and temperate environments
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
To approach farming systems around the world in their diversity, as a result of environment, ecology, history, and socio-economic-political and technological evolution.
Evaluate systems based on their productivity, stability, autonomy and sustainability.
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
1. Understand how agriculture works in different parts of the world;
2. Analyse an agricultural production system in terms of the main factors that determine or influence it;
3. Interpret with a critical eye the functioning of agricultural systems.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Ex cathedra lectures on agriculture in temperate and tropical environments: 16 h
Playing with a serious game to learn about the diversity of agronomic and agro-ecological practices at the farm scale : 4h
Visit of the experimental farm to get in touch with cropping practices: 2h
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Presential or virtual (depending on sanitary situation)
Recommended or required readings
Slides on e-campus
on-line serious game
Elzebroeck Ton, Wind Koop (2008). Guide to cultivated plants. CABI, xi, 540 p.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )
- Remote
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )
Additional information:
Any session :
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )
- Remote
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred remote
Additional information:
Written examination in june (100%)
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Prof. Benjamin Dumont
Plant Sciences - CropScience
081 62 21 43
benjamin.dumont@uliege.be