Plant Production Systems
(Advanced Course)
| Numbering Code | G-AGR01 5AA11 LJ78 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Second semester |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Lecture |
| Target Year | Target Student | ||
| Language | Japanese | Day/Period | Fri.5 |
| Instructor name | Not fixed (Kyoto University) | ||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | We aim to acquire the good knowledge of the theories about sustainable advance in local agriculture that is related to environment, through the introduction of the researches for the purpose of the realization to the progresses of agricultural productivities in the local agriculture. In addition, we also aim to re-evaluate the agricultural production techniques, that predecessors had left, and to acquire the knowledge of the settlements to the subjects about the harmony with the natural environment and the progresses of crop productivities in the local agriculture. | ||
| Schedule and Contents |
2-4 weeks of classes are planned for each of the topics covered in this course, including the following: 1. “Plant Production Systems,” the course title, can be defined as the study of theories that support the sustainable development of local agriculture in harmony with the natural environment. In these sessions, we will discuss the research areas, contents, and philosophical principles of this field. 2. We will focus on a number of primary biological and production resources that support agricultural production, describe the aspects of those resources that limit the productivity and sustainability of agriculture as well as the interactions between different resource components, and explain how farming household activities and biological and production resources should interact in such a way as to realize sustainable agricultural production. 3. We will provide a comprehensive analysis of the possibility of achieving a sustainable development of local agriculture from the perspectives of agricultural machinery, socioeconomics, and environmental ecology. We will also provide a historical and current analysis of the formation of sustainable farming societies. 4. A number of examples of local agriculture in Southeast Asia will be introduced. The discussion will not be limited to regional agricultural problems or regional cultivation systems. We will also examine the relationship between the problems related to the limited production resources available for the local agriculture currently practiced in Southeast Asia and the prospects of a sustainable development of local agriculture. These are also examples of analysis related to the systemic and ecological structures of local agriculture. 5. The methods of analyzing system and ecological structures will be explained. These methods will help students evaluate a diverse range of local agricultural practices. |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Evaluation will be based on theme-based short reports (50%) and class performance (50%). | ||
| Course Requirements | It is desirable that students have taken Plant Production I and II. | ||
