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COURSE OUTLINE
- GENERAL
| SCHOOL | AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES | |||||
| DEPARTMENT | AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT | |||||
| STUDY LEVEL | Undergraduate | |||||
| COURSE CODE | AGRON1003 | SEMESTER | 9th | |||
| COURSE TITLE | AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT | |||||
| INDEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES
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TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK | ECTS | ||||
| Lectures and laboratory course | 5 | 5 | ||||
| COURSE TYPE | Compulsory | |||||
| PREREQUISITE COURSE(S): | – | |||||
| LANGUAGE (TEACHING AND EXAMS) | Greek | |||||
| THE COURSE IS OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS | No | |||||
| COURSE WEBSITE (URL) | https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/OPE01187/ | |||||
- TEACHING OUTCOMES
| Teaching outcomes |
| Upon the completion of the course the students will have acquired basic knowledge on environmental problems caused by agricultural production, will understand the basic protection principles of agroecosystems and will be able to propose remediation actions of contaminated areas |
| General capabilities |
| § Independent work
§ Literature search, data analysis and synthesis § Development of inductive reasoning |
- COURSE CONTENT
| Distribution of agricultural pollutants in the agro-ecosystems. The role of agriculture in the global warming. Fate of fertilizers and pesticides in soils and contamination of groundwater. Agro-environmental indicators. Agricultural production in polluted areas. Phytoremediation. Good agricultural practice and Environmental Protection. The effect of the principle polluter pays in agriculture. Nitrates from agricultural sources. Biotechnology and environmental degradation. Environmental benefits from agriculture. Agriculture and energy crisis-Biofuels. Agriculture and protected areas. Examples of significant environmental impacts associated with agriculture. |
- TEACHING AND LEARNING ASSESSMENT METHODS
| DELIVERING METHOD | In classroom | |
| IT USE | § Power point, videos
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| TEACHING ORGANIZATION | Activity | Semester workload
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| Lectures | 39 | |
| Laboratory courses | 26 | |
| Essay, literature review | 15 | |
| Independent study | 45 | |
| Course total
(25-hour workload per credit unit) |
125 |
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| STUDENT ASSESSMENT
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Written exams at the end of the semester both on theoretical and practical courses.
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- PROPOSED LITERATURE
| § Jason Clay World Agriculture and the Environment, Island press,
§ Lichtfouse, E., Navarrete, M., Debaeke, P., Véronique, S., Alberola, C. Sustainable Agriculture, Springer 2009. |
