2023-2024 / PAYS0015-1

Urban farming basis

Duration

24h Th

Number of credits

 Master in landscape architect (120 ECTS)2 crédits 
 Master in innovation management and the food design (120 ECTS)2 crédits 

Lecturer

Haissam Jijakli

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Theoretical course: In the first part of this teaching, urban agriculture and horticulture will be defined. Then, actual activities in urban and suburban horticultural productions will be listed and characterized for temperate and tropical regions. In a second time, needs in urban agriculture development will be discussed (food supplying, ecological, economic and social functions) and examples will be showed trough some international practical cases.
Cases study: Students (in groups) will make a bibliographic review over one mode of urban horticulture (roof vegetalization, basement production, community garden) an imagine the development of one of them for a Belgian city, taking every aspect into account (social, ecological, economical, technical, legislative...). The conclusions of the work are presented with both a written report and an oral presentation.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The objectives are: 1. To give a global view of the production systems in urban horticulture (essentially in temperate conditions). 2. To demonstrate the complexity of the setting up of those systems, taking social, economic, ecological, technical and legislative constraints into account.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Plant Sciences (Botanic or equivalent) et Plant Composition (or equivalent)

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures: 12 hours Personal work: 12 hours

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

Face-to-face thanks to a tool box

Recommended or required readings

The vertical farm : feeding the world in the 21th century, (2011) Dr Dickson Despommier, ed Picador

Any session :

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )

- Remote

written exam ( open-ended questions ) AND written work

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred remote


Additional information:

Project in team: written report and oral Presentation apport on Collaborate : 65 % of final note
Written Examination wieht opened questions via mails : 35 % of final note

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Contacts

Prof. JIJAKLI Haissam ULg, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech Bât. 47, avenue Maréchal Juin 5030 Gembloux +32 81 622431 mh.jijakli@ulg.ac.be

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