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Plant Production Systems (AGRI10048)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
Overview
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In this subject, students will explore Australian plant production industries, including pastures, cereal crops, and annual and perennial horticulture. Topics will include appraisal of the plant production enterprises in Australia - their location, scale and their contribution to the national economy, as well as the biological and environmental processes that underpin productivity and sustainability - climate and growing season, weeds and diseases, and water and nutrient availability;
Students will be introduced to examples of how landholders manage their resources to balance ecological, environmental and social demands, and the strategies that are employed to produce high quality crop products.
Intended learning outcomes
The learning outcomes of this subject are to extend the students’ ability to
- Understand the structure and operation of agricultural industries in Australia, as well as Australia’s role in global food and fibre production
- Understand the principal factors that determine location, environmental impact, sustainability, profitability and international trade competitiveness in cropping and horticulture systems
- Identify the ecological principles underpinning crop and pasture production systems
- Identify the role and place of selected crops and pasture species in production systems
- Describe the prospects and challenges of dry-land and irrigated crop and pasture production within farm systems
Generic skills
A student who satisfactorily completes this subject should be able to:
- Explain their understanding of agricultural production systems lucidly, both in writing and orally
- Review and evaluate readings relating to global food issues and agricultural production
- Participate as an effective member of a group in tutorial discussions, and study groups, and in working as part of a team to complete a group assignment
- Think independently and analytically, and direct his or her own learning
- Manage time effectively in order to be prepared for regular tutorial classes, tests and the examination
Last updated: 8 November 2024