Course: Agricultural ecosystems

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Course title Agricultural ecosystems
Course code KZP/3AESY
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vráblík Petr, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Němec Jiří, doc. Ing. CSc.
Course content
1. Agricultural ecosystems opening lecture 2. Agriculture and sustainable development 3- 4. Agricultural systems 5.- 6. Economics and law aspects in sustainable agricultural systems 7. Analysis of judgement process and problems solutions in projecting of sustainable agricultural systems and theoretical principles of system projecting 8. Methodological procedure for project elaboration of sustainable agricultural systems in landscape 9. Permaculture projects projecting 10. - 11. Projecting of crossing from conventional to sustainable systems 12. - 13. Models and modelling of sustainable systems in landscape 14. Another options of sustainable farming in anthropogenic affected landscape Exercises: A/ Seminars at Faculty of Environment Historical progress of farming in landscape. Gene resources of agriculture crops, gene banks and their meaning for biodiversity. Review of workplaces of gene banks in the Czech Republic and in Europe. Ecological farming in conditions of Czech Republic. GMO problems. Present-day agronomic policy in the Czech Republic. Agro-environmental programs. Green report - report about status of agriculture in the Czech Republic. Results of main commodities. Commodity studies. B/ Own project Projecting of sustainable systems in agriculture in concrete locations. C/ Excursion to ecological farm

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • Antal, J. Hydrológia polnohospodárskej krajiny, SPU Nitra. 2004.
  • Demo, M., a kol. Udržitelný rozvoj, SPU Nitra. 2007.
  • Demo, M. Projektovanie trvalo udržitateľných poľnohospodárskych systémov v krajine, SPU Nitra. 2004.
  • Hronec, O. Ekológia a ekonomika zložiek prírody a krajiny, SPU Nitra. 2004.
  • Kočík, K. a kol. Vliv obhospodarovania krajiny na základné agroekosystémy, studie, TU Zvolen, 2007.
  • Kočík K. Agroekologia ,167 s. TU Zvolen 1997.
  • Kočík K. Húska D. Základy rostlinnej výroby, TU Zvolen. 2006.
  • Němec, J. a kol. Situační a výhledová zpráva Půda, MZe ČR. 2009.
  • Němec, J. Bonitace půdního v ČR, VÚZE Praha. 2001.
  • Němec J., Vráblíková, J. Projektování pozemkových úprav, FŽP UJEP. 2000.
  • Váchal, J., Moudrý, J. Projektování rtvale udržitelných systémů hospodaření, JU České Budějovice. 2002.
  • VRÁBLÍKOVÁ, J., JUREKOVÁ, Z., VRÁBLÍK, P.. (2010) Udržitelné hospodaření v krajině Podkrušnohoří. FŽP UJEP. 177 s. ISBN 978-80-7414-322-9.
  • Vráblíková, J., Vráblík, P. Úvod do Agroekologie, UJEP Ústí nad Labem. 2007.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Environment Study plan (Version): Revitalization of Lanscape (C_3) Category: Special and interdisciplinary fields 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer