2025

Agricultural Waste Management and Sustainability

Name: Agricultural Waste Management and Sustainability
Code: FIT16249O
3 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours
Scientific Area: Produção Agrícola e Animal

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

1. Know the main types of waste generated by agricultural activity
2. Understand the management of agricultural waste according to its type
3. Valorization of agricultural waste
3.1 Organic waste
3.2 Inorganic waste

Contents

1. Agricultural residue
1.1 Definition
1.2 Typology
1.3 Residue sources
1.3.1 Organic
1.3.2 Inorganic
2. Agricultural residues management
2.1 Residues from pesticides application
2.2 Residues from fertilizers application
2.3 Plastics
2.4 Other wastes
3. Valorization of organic residues in agriculture
3.1 Leachate
3.2 Sewage sludge
3.3 Cellulosic sludge
3.4 Olive pomace
3.5 Composted urban solid waste
3.6 Other potentially polluting organic wastes

Teaching Methods

The teaching is designed to have a contact component and a component of independent work for the student ? Be-Learning system. In the contact component, the basic concepts of the topic will be introduced using expository and interrogative methods. In the face-to-face component, a study visit is also recommended, with the preparation of a report, where agricultural waste management operations will be presented and seen in practice. In the independent teaching component, we focus on work guided by digital materials and resources, with close monitoring of the student by the teacher and the production of pieces that can be assessed.

Assessment

The assessment will be carried out through a theoretical test (50%), the field visit report (10%) and other pieces, to be defined, resulting from the student's independent work (40%).