Environmental Impact and Innovation in Agriculture

Classes will mainly be expository in nature, supported by presentations, teachers notes, and discussion of case studies.
Working groups will be set and required to present a written academic work developed under supervision which must contain 2 references “ISI Web Knowledge”. After 3rd class, students will begin a “project”, supported by the course teachers, which should obligatorily evaluate the impact of agricultural and livestock activities, and has to be based on a farm or 2 separate farms, being one agricultural and other livestock production. This paper will present innovations, based on scientific research and on current regulations intending to reduce the agro­-livestock activities impact on the environment.

Have knowledge to develop an environmental impact project within national standards.
Get rational criteria for the implementation of decisions related to the integrated management of agricultural areas. Develop “catalogs” of good practices with the most current practices in environmental protection
Have knowledge to develop an environmental impact project within national standards.
Get rational criteria for the implementation of decisions related to the integrated management of agricultural areas. Develop “catalogs” of good practices with the most current practices in environmental protection
Addressing the consequences of agricultural activities on the environment. Meet methodologies for measuring and monitoring of environmental impacts
the consequences of agricultural activities on the environment. Meet methodologies for measuring and monitoring of environmental impacts

Identification of current and future environmental challenges, with particular focus on the role of agro­-livestock activities while polluting activities and their potential purifier.
The legal framework for Environmental Impact Assessments in Portugal and in the European Union, in particular with regard to agro-­livestock activities. Use of organic fertilizer, collecting, composting and distribution? products and by­products of agro-­livestock activities.
Environmental impact of agricultural activity. Importance of soil. a) Application limits of fertilizers, manures and slurries. b) Environmental control of pesticides application.
Portuguese Standards of sustainable agricultural production and Integrated Pest Management (handbooks production, methods used and objectives to be achieved)
The agro-­livestock farming and biodiversity. To present examples of “catalogs” of good practices. Wastewater treatment and conversion in livestock buildings.

• - Apresentação e discussão oral - 40.0%
• - Monografia - 60.0%

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