LPLK10367U Tropical Crop Production
MSc Programme in Agriculture
MSc Programme in Environment and Development
The course focuses on capacity development in tropical crop production. The students will be exposed to major crop science elements that are instrumental to a sustainable crop production, optimizing the use of agrobiodiversity and land management practices considering the socio-economic characteristics.
Main disciplines are:
i. Agronomy with reference to tropical conditions.
Tropical crop physiology; crop genetic resources, agrobiodiversity
and breeding; crop management; crop protection; soil fertility and
crop optimization strategies.
ii. Tropical Crops
An overview of major tropical crops, including underutilized crops
and protein crops, their intrinsic properties and their cultivation
with special emphasis on small-holder conditions. Cultivation of
crops under unimodal and bimodal rainy seasons.
iii. Cropping systems
Studies of small holder cropping systems under various
agro-ecological conditions in the dry and humid tropics.
innovations to optimize sustainable production
systems.
Provide students, having a BSc-level background in agricultural,
social sciences or sciences involved with development of the
tropical region, with a comprehensive understanding of the
properties of selected tropical environments, crop species and
their management facing climate change. Focus is on climate related
production constraints; that is abiotic and biotic stresses, and
human endeavor to optimize crop production in small-scale farming,
within the context of poverty alleviation and sustainable crop
production.
When students have completed the course they should have
attained:
Knowledge
- Manage key elements to characterize production systems in the
tropics
- Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of tropical crop
production
- Understand the characteristics of major tropical crops
- Demonstrate overview of tropical cropping systems in relation to
agro-ecological and socio-economic conditions.
- Demonstrate knowledge on different strategies to optimize
production systems in the tropics.
Skills
- Characterize production systems of tropical areas of the globe
- Analyze and synthesize diverse types of information on tropical
crop production
-Design cropping calendars for selected major crops species
- Develop tropical crop production plans in relation to given
agro-ecological and socioeconomic conditions
- Design, implement and analyze research projects in a tropical
crop production environment
Competences
- Assess and formulate agronomic components of development support
programmes
- Advice extension and research institutions in tropical countries
- Perform and interpret statistical information to analyze
scenarios of crop production and innovation.
- Propose innovative optimization strategies.
Papers uploaded on Absalon
Tropical Crop Production I - Selected papers
Tropical Crop Production II – Manual for practical and theoretical exercises
Academic qualifications equivalent to a BSc degree is recommended.
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 30
- Preparation
- 68
- Theory exercises
- 70
- Practical exercises
- 24
- Guidance
- 10
- Exam
- 4
- Total
- 206
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Oral examination, 30 minDuring the course the student are participating in group work in which they write a group report (approximate 10 pages). The students are individual examined in the content of the group report and are further examined in the rest of course curriculum. Examination in the report weight 35 % and examination in curriculum weight 65 %. No preparation time before the oral examination.
- Exam registration requirements
Theoretical and practical exercise report submission
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
Several internal examiners.
- Re-exam
As the ordinary exam.
If the student has not participated in the group report, an assignment is given three weeks before the exam. The student has to hand in an individual report based on the assignment (approximate 5 pages). At the oral examination the students will then be examined in the report and in the rest of the curriculum. Examination in the rapport weight 35 % and examination in curriculum weight 65 %.
Criteria for exam assesment
see learning outcome
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- LPLK10367U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
- 1 block
- Placement
- Block 1
- Schedule
- A
- Course capacity
- No limitations
- Course is also available as continuing and professional education
- Study board
- Study Board of Natural Resources, Environment and Animal Science
Contracting department
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Science
Course Coordinators
- Gabriela Renee Alandia Robles (3-6e68794777736c7535727c356b72)