ENVS3023 Agroecology and Sustainable Systems
Later Year Course
| Offered By | School of Resources Environment & Society | |
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| Academic Career | Undergraduate | |
| Course Subject | Environmental Science | |
| Offered in | Second Semester, 2009 | |
| Unit Value | 6 units | |
| Course Description | The course focuses on the sustainability of the human food chain in industrial and non-industrial systems. An agroecological and a systems thinking approach will be taken to the production, transport, storage and manufacturing of food, fibre and water in agricultural processes. Topics will address the ecological and social processes and problems of different farming strategies including fertility management and nutrient cycling, pest and disease control and bio-mimicry, monoculture versus polycultures, input replacement and system redesign, genetic engineering and petro-chemical dependency, product preservation and processing. Production issues will be integrated into the broader social, cultural and economic contexts of family farming and agri-business, consumer demand and marketing, international trade and rural policy. Examples will be drawn from Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, North America and the European Union. The course will include fieldwork with farm and food industry enterprises. Attendance on fieldwork is a course requirement. | |
| Indicative Assessment | Presentation 25%, practical report 25%, major field research report 50%. | |
| Workload |
65 contact hours contact comprising lectures, practicals and fieldwork in a semi-intensive mode over 9 weeks of second semester. |
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| Areas of Interest | Resource Management and Environmental Science | |
| Requisite Statement | 72 units towards a degree, including ENVS2011 or ENVS1001 and ENVS3002 | |
| Incompatibility | SRES3023 | |
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| Majors/Specialisations | Environmental Studies, Human Ecology, and Human Sciences | |
| Science Group | C | |
| Academic Contact | Mr David Dumaresq |
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