Department of Economics and Natural Resources (2003/2004) | |||||||||||
Earliest Possible Year | |||||||||||
Duration | 1 semester | ||||||||||
Credits | 6 (ECTS) | ||||||||||
Course Level | Joint BSc and MSc | ||||||||||
Examination | oral examination No aid allowed Description of Examination: 13-point scale, internal examiner Dates of Exam: | ||||||||||
Organisation of Teaching | Lectures and discussions, 1 course module per week | ||||||||||
Block Placement | F4, spring | ||||||||||
Teaching Language | English | ||||||||||
Optional Prerequisites | 048073 The Tropical and Subtropical Environment 098012 Basic Development Studies | ||||||||||
Course Objectives | |||||||||||
The aim of the course is to introduce the student to Agroforestry as an integrated tree and crop production system in the tropics and subtropics. | |||||||||||
Course Contents | |||||||||||
The subjects included are: ·classification of Agroforestry systems i.e. shifting cultivation, alley cropping, taungya, home gardens etc., ·the most important tree and crop species used, ·the multipurpose tree concept, ·interactions between species, ·tree and crop production, ·species impact on soil and considerations on soil productivity and protection, ·the importance of animal husbandry to Agroforestry, ·subsistence and cash crop economy, ·socio-economic and socio-cultural considerations. Having passed the course successfully the student will hold a good knowledge of what the possibilities are of running a system based on Agroforestry. This may be a basis for specialisation through the master thesis or it may be useful in relation to work with land use planning. | |||||||||||
Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||
The subjects composing the course will be dealt with through lectures and discussions. The participants will be encouraged to prepare and present lectures on special items. | |||||||||||
Course Litterature | |||||||||||
Written material for the course in Agroforestry | |||||||||||
Course Coordinator | |||||||||||
Jens Roed Dragsted, jd@kvl.dk, Department of Economics and Natural Resources/, Phone: 35281535 | |||||||||||
Study Board | |||||||||||
Study Committee FL | |||||||||||
Course Scope | |||||||||||
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