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Semester | spring semester 2023 |
Course frequency | Every spring sem. |
Lecturers | Paul Mäder (paul.maeder@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
Content | Deepening knowledge in farming systems is essential because agriculture is one major driver for environmental pressures through land use change and the use of inputs in form of energy, fertilizers and pesticides. In the last decade there was a strong growth of certified organic farming at the National and International scale. The European Commission aims at increasing Organic farming in Europe to 25% until 2030, as it is considered as one promising option to solve the current problems of intensive agriculture encountering loss of soil fertility, decrease of biodiversity, the excessive use of natural resources and climate change. The lecture is organised as a lecture series (“Ringvorlesung”), where experts in their respective disciplines in soil, plant and animal sciences and socioeconomics will outline the principles and practises of organic agriculture, amended by case studies. In a group exercise, the students will develop their own thoughts on future developments and resilience aspects of organic farming in one topic presented in the lectures, and will display their outcomes as either poster or Power point. On a half-day excursion the theoretical material is illustrated on a long-term system comparison experiment and a practical farm in the valley of Leimen. Lecture 1: Introduction (Paul Mäder, Bernadette Oehen) Lecture 2: Soil (Paul Mäder) Lecture 3: Plant production (Knut Schmidtke, Else Bünemann) Lecture 4, 5: Agro-Biodiversity and plant protection (Lucius Tamm, Mariateresa Lazzaro, Theres Rutz, Fabian Cahenzli) Lecture 6: Food quality (Bernadette Oehen, Farzaneh Mahdipour) Lecture 7: Animal husbandry (Florian Leiber) Lecture 8: Food systems (Jürn Sanders, Marc Cotter) Lecture 9: Sustainability (Christian Schader) Lecture 10: Presentation of group work and discussion: Resilience and future development of organic farming (Bernadette Oehen, Paul Mäder) Lecture 11: Excursion to the DOK long-term system comparison experiment and Agrico (community supported agriculture), both Birsmattehof, Therwil (Paul Mäder, Hans-Martin Krause, Alexander Tanner) |
Learning objectives | The students are familiar with the principles and practices of organic farming. They can evaluate the strength and weeks of the farming systems and know the specific challenges in the areas of soil management, plant production and animal husbandry. The students are capable to judge critically the solutions of organic agriculture in view of a sustainable production. Detailed “Lernziele” will be provided for each lecture on ADAM. |
Comments | Lecturers: Experts of the respective disciplines at FiBL, actively involved in national and European research with a strong link to practical farmers. |
Weblink | adam.unibas.ch |
Admission requirements | Students of the MSD without background in natural sciences, and who have chosen the focus area in social sciences or in economics must have completed the 'Complementary Knowledge in Natural Sciences' module (or at least earned 8 CP). Credit points are to be transferred to the FASR module (with learning agreement). |
Language of instruction | English |
Use of digital media | No specific media used |
Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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wöchentlich | Friday | 12.15-14.00 | Botanik, Hörsaal 00.003 |
Date | Time | Room |
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Friday 24.02.2023 | 12.15-14.00 | Botanik, Hörsaal 00.003 |
Friday 03.03.2023 | 12.15-14.00 | Fasnachstferien |
Friday 10.03.2023 | 12.15-14.00 | Botanik, Hörsaal 00.003 |
Friday 17.03.2023 | 12.15-14.00 | Botanik, Hörsaal 00.003 |
Friday 24.03.2023 | 12.15-14.00 | Botanik, Hörsaal 00.003 |
Friday 31.03.2023 | 12.15-14.00 | Botanik, Hörsaal 00.003 |
Friday 07.04.2023 | 12.15-14.00 | Ostern |
Friday 14.04.2023 | 12.15-14.00 | Botanik, Hörsaal 00.003 |
Friday 21.04.2023 | 12.15-14.00 | Botanik, Hörsaal 00.003 |
Friday 28.04.2023 | 12.15-14.00 | Botanik, Hörsaal 00.003 |
Friday 05.05.2023 | 12.15-14.00 | Botanik, Hörsaal 00.003 |
Friday 12.05.2023 | 12.15-14.00 | Botanik, Hörsaal 00.003 |
Friday 19.05.2023 | 12.15-14.00 | Auffahrt |
Friday 26.05.2023 | 13.30-16.30 | Exkursion Therwil |
Friday 02.06.2023 | 12.15-13.30 | Bernoullistrasse 30/32, Hörsaal 223 |
Modules |
Courses: Master's Studies Ecology (Master's Studies: Ecology) Courses: Master's Studies Plant Science (Master's Studies: Plant Science) Doctorate Botany: Recommendations (PhD subject: Botany) Module: Core Competences in Natural Sciences (Master's Studies: Sustainable Development) Module: Geography and Climatology (Master's Studies: Geosciences (Start of studies before 01.08.2021)) Module: Landscape Systems (Master's Studies: Geosciences) |
Assessment format | continuous assessment |
Assessment details | 1. Exercise as group work on future development of organic agriculture and resilience aspects, focussing on one subject; presentation of this group work in form of a poster. 2. Written exam: 02.06.2023, 12:15-13:30 Uhr, Bernoullistr. 30/32, Hörsaal 223 Preconditions for the exam: presentation of group work |
Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration, dereg: cancel course registration |
Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
Scale | 1-6 0,5 |
Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
Responsible faculty | Faculty of Science, studiendekanat-philnat@unibas.ch |
Offered by | Integrative Biologie |