Teaching Methodologies
The teaching methodologies used aim to provide an effective knowledge transmission and a climate of dialogue with students that favors and consolidates the teaching-learning process. Theoretical-practical classes explain the principles necessary for the development of syllabus and the acquisition of defined skills. Students’ participation is sought in adapting the acquired knowledge to specific situations. The concrete case studies worked by the students constitute an important way of consolidating the acquired knowledge, contained in the syllabus of the UC.
Learning Results
The learning objectives of the Tropical Agriculture Curricular Unit are for the student to acquire the
following skills:
1. Know the soil and climatic and agronomic conditions of tropical and subtropical areas;
2. Know the cultural techniques used in the production of tropical and subtropical cultures;
3. Propose alternative to conventional cultures and cultural techniques, better framed in agroecological, environmental and social contexts;
4. Idealize interconnected systems of teaching, research and experimentation, promoters of dynamics directed to crop production in tropical and subtropical environment.
Program
Tropical agriculture: introduction; general agronomic concepts; technical specificities;
Types of agriculture practiced: historical evolution; main tropical agriculture systems and their analysis; cultural zoning;
Agriculture in African Portuguese-Speaking African Countries (PALOP’s): characterizing indices; specificities; bottlenecks; opportunities;
Soil-climatic and social characterization: agriculture and environment; energy resources;
Tropical and subtropical cultures: biology; botany; cultural practices and techniques; production and productivity.
Grading Methods
- - Avaliação contínua e periódica - 100.0%
Internship(s)
NAO
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