Organic Arable Crops

– Pedology;
– Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition;
– Phytosanity.

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.

1. Assess the importance of organic arable crops in Portugal and around the world;
2. Know the major arable crops grown in organic production;
3. Assess individuals and current situations of organic arable crops;
4. Conduct field organic arable crops in a perspective of sustainable development.

Module 1 (65%):
Main sites of production of organic arable crops 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 organic arable crops;
Critical appreciation of some cultural options and their suitability to organic production;
Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the final production of organic arable crops;
Sustainable strategies to obtain a given final product;
Prospects for the future, in a viewpoint of sustainable development.

• - Módulo 2 (Peso 35%): 1) trabalho escrito/relatório/projeto (60%); 2) apresentação e discussão pública do trabalho elaborado(40%) - 35.0%
• - Módulo 1 (Peso 65%): 1) teste escrito (80%); 2) avaliação contínua (20%) - 65.0%

• - Exame escrito - 100.0%

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