Organic Arable Crops in Spring/Summer

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 the 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 spring-summer arable crops in the region, the country and the world.

2. Know the main organic arable crops grown in spring-summer.

3. Evaluate particular and current situations of organic arable crops, in the spring-summer season.

4. Cultivate organic arable crops in spring-summer from an ecological perspective.

Main areas and regions for the production of organic arable crops in the spring-summer period.

Cultivated areas, yields and yields obtained.

National and international bottlenecks in the field of organic spring-summer arable crops.

Identification of crops at different stages of their vegetative cycle.

Vegetative cycle and cultural cycle: application to the studied cultures.

Main crop requirements and respective cultural techniques: specificities of organic arable crops in spring-summer.

Critical appreciation of the cultural options followed/recommended.

Evaluation of the final production of organic spring-summer arable crops, in qualitative and quantitative terms.

Ecological strategies for obtaining a final product.

Perspectives for the future, from an environmentally friendly and lasting development perspective.

Impacts of defined strategies.

• - Exam - 100.0%

• - Frequency - 65.0%
• - Individual and/or Group Work - 35.0%

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