Arable Crops I

General Agriculture and Animal Production I,

General Agriculture and Animal Production II

Biology I

Biology II

Soils

The teaching methodologies used aim to provide an effective transmission of knowledge and dialogue with students that favors and consolidates the process of teaching learning.

In the theoretical-practical classes the explanation of the principles necessary to the development of the programmatic contents and the acquisition of the defined competences is made. Students are asked to participate in adapting the knowledge acquired to solve specific situations.

The study of concrete cases worked by the students are presented and discussed in the classroom with the active and critical participation of the teacher and the students.

1. Assess the importance of spring-summer arable crops in Portugal and in the world;

2. Know the main arable crops grown in spring and summer;

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

4. Focus on the management of arable crops, in the spring and summer season, on a sustainable development perspective.

The contents are organized in modules:

Module 1 – Characterization and management of spring-summer arable crops (weight 65%):

Main areas and regions of spring-summer production of arable crops at national and international level;

Cultivated areas, yields and yields obtained from commercial transactions;

Difficulties, at national and international level, in the field of spring-summer arable crops;

Identification of crops at different stages of their vegetative cycle;

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

Main requirements of crops and their cultural techniques.

Module 2 – Case study applied to concrete situations of the arable crops in the spring-summer season (Weight 35%):

Characterization of relevant situations of arable crops, in the spring-summer season;

Critical evaluation of the cultural options followed/recommended;

Evaluation of the final production of spring-summer arable crops in qualitative and quantitative terms;

Sustainable strategies for obtaining a given final product;

Perspectives for the future, with a view to sustainable development;

Impacts of defined strategies.

• - 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%

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