Module Identifier | RD16110 | ||||||||||||||
Module Title | AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS | ||||||||||||||
Academic Year | 2006/2007 | ||||||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Dr Iwan G Owen | ||||||||||||||
Semester | Semester 2 | ||||||||||||||
Other staff | Dr Basil T Wolf, Dr Phillipa K Nicholas, Dr Michael T Rose | ||||||||||||||
Course delivery | Lecture | 2 x 1 hour lectures per week | |||||||||||||
Practical | 2 x 3-hr visits | ||||||||||||||
Assessment |
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Outcome 1
Identify and describe the range, distribution and scale of farming systems in the UK
Performance criteria:
a. The range of predominant UK farming systems and the factors influencing their distribution are described
b. The major factors which influence the development of farming systems in the UK are identified
Ranges:
Livestock, crops; intensive, extensive; technological, economic, political change.
Outcome 2
Identify and describe UK cropping systems and their essential components
Performance criteria:
a. Physical inputs and outputs are identified and levels of efficiency analysed
b. Impact of crop system on the environment is identified and described
c. The crop product's end use is identified
d. Components of crop systems are described
Ranges:
Arable crops; grassland and forage crops; organic systems; soil management; crop protection;
crop nutrition; rotations; alternative crop enterprises.
Outcome 3
Identify and describe UK livestock systems and their essential components
Performance criteria:
a. Physical inputs and outputs are identified and levels of efficiency analysed
b. Economic performance is described to gross margin level
c. Impact of crop system on the environment is identified and described
d. The livestock product end use is identified
Ranges:
Dairy, beef and sheep; pigs and poultry; slternative livestock enterprises
.5 Oral discussion and presentation
This will be tested in the seminar presentation
.8 Group activity
This will be developed in preparation for the seminar presentation.
This module is at CQFW Level 4