Arable Crops II

Base Knowledge

General Agriculture and Animal Production I, General Agriculture and Animal Production II, Biology I, Biology II, Soils, Plant Protection, Arable Crops I, Rural Engineering I, Rural Engineering II.

Teaching Methodologies

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.

Learning Results

The main objectives of the Arable Crops II are that the students have to acquire the following competences:

1. Assess the importance of autumn-winter arable crops in Portugal and in the world;

2. Know the main arable crops grown in autumn and winter;

3. Evaluate particular and current situations of arable crops, in the autumn and winter season;

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

Program

The contents are organized in modules:

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

Main areas and regions of autumn-winter production of arable crops at national and international level;

Cultivated areas, yields and yields obtained from commercial transactions;

Bottlenecks at national and international level in the field of sautumn-winter arable crops;

Identification of crops at different stages of their vegetative cycle;

Vegetative cycle and cultural techniques: 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 autumn-winter season (Weight 35%):

Characterization of relevant situations of arable crops, in the autumn-winter season;

Critical appraisal of the cultural choices followed;

Evaluation of the final production of autumn-winter 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.

Curricular Unit Teachers

Grading Methods

Avaliação por Exame
  • - Exame escrito - 100.0%
Avaliação Contínua
  • - 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%

Internship(s)

NAO

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