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	Study programmes 2012-2013 Last update : 19/06/2013
	AGRO0012-3   Special tropical crop husbandry, first part Duration :   18h Th, 6h SEM Number of credits :   Required preliminary complements to register in the Advanced Master in Development, Environment and Communities 4 Master in Agricultural Bioengineering, Professional Focus, 2nd year 2 Required preliminary complements to register in the Advanced Master in Rural Economics and Sociology 4 Required preliminary complements to Advanced Master in Plant and Animal Resource Management in tropical environment 2 Lecturer :   Jean-Pierre Baudoin Language(s) of instruction :   French language Organisation and examination :   Teaching in the first semester, review in January Course contents :   -Crop husbandry of tropical food plants : cereals, root and tuber crops, food legumes -Crop husbandry of tropical industrial plants : coffee, cocoa, tea, others -Cultural associations in tropical regions -Comparative analysis of tropical crop husbandry on the basis of growth cycle and breeding systems -Case studies in tropical crop husbandry and critical analysis of papers Learning outcomes of the course :   To develop the crop husbandry and the plant breeding of food and industrial crops in tropical regions. The species are chosen according to their biological cycle and the agroecological situations After completing the course the student is expected to -analyse the influence of varietal and cultural factors in tropical crop husbandry -assess the properties of cultural associations in the tropics -develop an integrated project on tropical crop husbandry, covering cultural practices and plant breeding Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :   Planned learning activities and teaching methods :   Lectures: 18h Seminars: 6h Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :   Face-to-face Recommended or required readings :   - Lecture papers and pwp - Agriculture en Afrique Tropicale, ed. DGCI (Bruxelles), Coordonnateur : R. Raemaekers, 1634 pp - Crop production in Tropical Africa, ed. DGCI (Bruxelles), Coordonator : R. Raemakers, 1540 pp Assessment methods and criteria :   Oral examination (60%) Personal report (40%) Utilization of the technical notes is allowed for oral examination Work placement(s) :   Organizational remarks :   Technical notes and copies of pwp are available on-line Contacts :   Baudoin, Jean-Pierre (Professeur ordinaire) Phytotechnie tropicale et Horticulture 081 62 21 12 32-81/622112 Items online :   special tropical crop husbandry, 1rst part notes of lecture and pwp Home Search by Faculty Search by teacher Search by course code and title
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