Soil and Culture Technology

Code: FIT12218L

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours

Scientific Area: Agronomy

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Presentation

fundamental objectives: 1) to interconnect previous knowledge on soils, climate and plant physiology in the process of crop production; 2) Study the general principles of production

Sustainable Development Goals

2. Erradicar a fome - Acabar com a fome, alcançar a segurança alimentar e melhoria da nutrição e promover a agricultura sustentável.

3. Saúde de qualidade - Assegurar uma vida saudável e promover o bem-estar para todos, em todas as idades.

4. Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

6. Água potável e saneamento - Garantir disponibilidade e manejo sustentável da água e saneamento para todos.

13. Ação climática - Tomar medidas urgentes para combater a mudança climática e seus impactos (*).

15. Proteger a vida terrestre - Proteger, recuperar e promover o uso sustentável dos ecossistemas terrestres, gerir de forma sustentável as florestas, combater a desertificação, deter e reverter a degradação da Terra e deter a perda da biodiversidade.

Learning Goals

Integration of knowledge about soils, climatology and crop physiology.
General crop production techniques.
Agronomic project of a farm.

Crop rotation
Soil tillage
Seeding techniques
Weed control

Teaching Methods

Teoretical classes
Practical classes
Reports
Planning of a farm
Oral discution of the report

Assessment

This curricular unit is evaluated through final according to:

Final evaluation: students will have to carry out a practical work (farming plan) in a group, during the theoretical and practical classes, work that will have to be discussed orally, also in a group. If the student has a grade equal to or greater than 12 values in the practical work and greater than or equal to 12 values in the discussion, the student's final grade will be:

Final grade = (practical work grade (50%) + discussion grade (50%)

If the student obtains a grade lower than 12 points, in any of the components (practical work and discussion) he will have to take a written exam and the final grade will be:

Final grade = Grade of the work (40 %) + Grade of the discussion (40%) +Grade of the written exam (20 %)

If the student obtains a final grade of less than 9.5 points, he will have to take a written appeal exam and, in this case, the final grade will be:

Final Grade = (Grade of the appeal exam + grade of the practical work)/2
If the grade of the practical work has been higher than 10 points and higher than the grade of the appeal exam, provided that the grade of this is higher than 9.5 points. If these conditions are not met, the final grade will be:

Final Grade = grade of the appeal exam