Base Knowledge
General Agriculture and Animal Production I
General Agriculture and Animal Production II
Biology I
Biology II
Soils
Plant Protection
Arable Crops I
Rural Engineering I
Rural Engineering II
Teaching Methodologies
The teaching methodologies used are intended to provide an effective knowledge transmission, and a climate of dialogue with students that encourages and consolidates the process of teaching and learning. In class explains the basics needed for the development of the syllabus and the acquisition of skills. We seek to student participation in adapting the concepts learned to solve specific situations. Study designs are presented and discussed in the classroom with the active and critical participation of teachers and students.
Learning Results
1. Assess the importance of arable crops for autumnwinter in Portugal and around the world?
2. Know the major arable crops grown in autumnwinter?
3. Assess individuals and current situations of arable crops in autumnwinter season?
4. Conduct field crops in the autumn and winter in a perspective of sustainable development.
Program
Module 1 (65%):
Main sites of production of arable crops in autumnwinter in Portugal and foreign?
Cultivated areas yields and incomes?
Obstacles at national and international level?
Crop Identification at different stages of their growth cycle?
Growing cycle and crop cycle: application to the studied cultures?
Main requirements of crops and their cultivation techniques.
Module 2 (35%):
Characterization of important situations of arable crops in autumnwinter?
Critical appreciation of cultural options followed?
Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the final production of arable crops on autumnwinter?
Sustainable strategies to obtain a given final product?
Prospects for the future, in a viewpoint of sustainable development?
Impacts of chosen strategies.
Grading Methods
- - Módulo 1 (Peso 65%): 1) teste escrito (80%); 2) avaliação contínua (20%) - 65.0%
- - Módulo 2 (Peso 35%): 1) trabalho escrito/relatório/projeto (60%); 2) apresentação e discussão pública do trabalho elaborado(40%) - 35.0%
- - Exame escrito - 100.0%
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
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