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English title:
Crop production systems in organic agriculture
Course ID:
933307
ECTS credits:
3,0
Title in native language:
Crop production systems in organic agriculture (in Eng.)
Term Semester:
Autumn/Winter
Instruction language(s):
English
Course content:
Investigation and development of cropping systems with balance and planning instruments:

- nutrient balances (field, farmyard, stable balance)
- nutrient planning
- organic manure planning
- humus balance





Excusions to the research station Groß Enzersdorf and to an organic farm
Learning outcomes:
Qualification for the system approach of organic farming land use systems:
- understanding of crop rotation interactions with soil, weeds and pests
- understanding of the soil tillage interactions with crop rotations, plant nutrition / fertilizer and nutrient / humus balances
- understanding of nutrient and carboncycles between field and stable (fodder budget)
- interpretation of development of main crops / inter crops / mxied crops in the field
- introduction to evaluation methods in the field
Teaching and learning methods:
Development of calculations in the seminar with additional homework
Exam method:
Test with theoretical questions and short calculations

Organisation: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna

Country:
Austria
Acronym:
BOKU
ERASMUS+ code:
A WIEN03
Teaching period summer semester:
22. Feb 2021 - 30. Sep 2021
Teaching period winter semester:
13. Oct 2020 - 21. Feb 2021