Department of Food 
Science & Human Nutrition

Agriculture

Content

THEORY • Crop communities, aerial environment, and soil properties. Concepts, effects, and interventions Agro-ecological approaches on cultivation zones of field crops and varieties. • Field crops. Cereals (wheat, barley, oat, rye, triticale). Corn, rice. • Legumes, oil crops, sugar crops, and processed tomato. Aromatic and medicinal plants. LABORATORY • Morphological characteristics and growth stages of the main field crops • Issues related to cultivation techniques

Learning results

The course learning outcomes, specific knowledge, skills, and competences of an appropriate (certain)

level, which students will acquire upon successful completion of the course, are described in detail. It is necessary to consult:

APPENDIX A

  • Description of the level of learning outcomes for each level of study, in accordance with the European Higher Education Qualifications’ Framework.
  • Descriptive indicators for Levels 6, 7 & 8 of the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning and

APPENDIX B

Guidelines for writing Learning Outcomes

The subject of the “Agriculture” course is to acquaint students on a theoretical and practical level with the current situation and prospects of annual and perennial field crops. Upon successfully completing the course, the student will be in position to understand both theoretical as well as the practical aspects of agriculture and cultivation of field crops. Emphasis is given on the principles of integrated production management and the implementation of good agricultural practices.

Bibliography

R. S. Loomis & D. J. Connor 1992. Crop Ecology. Productivity and management in agricultural systems. Cambridge University Press. M. J. Gooding 2017. Cereal grains Elsevier

NEWSLETTER

The Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition (renamed Department of Food Science and Technology, Decree 80/27/5/13, Government Gazette A119 28/5/13) offers its students the scientific background for a rational approach to scientific and technological issues related to the food sector.
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