Duration
8h Th, 16h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in agricultural bioengineering, professional focus | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course will be divided around two main axes: agricultural production in rural areas (cropping and livestock systems) and food production in urban areas.
Agricultural production part in rural areas (4 sessions of 3 hours)
Students will be required to construct conceptual models and graphic representations of production systems and the elements that compose them, identify and quantify the flows and interactions between these elements, and calculate metrics relating to these interactions and flows. Starting from linear systems, students will see how connecting the components of a system at different scales makes it possible to improve its operation and stability.
Part of food production in urban areas (2 sessions of 3 hours)
The different production systems adapted to the urban and peri-urban environment will be discussed. For each of these systems, students will develop or have tools to qualify and quantify their sustainability (e.g. their compliance with the Sustainable Development Goals), their circularity and their resilience.
With a view to a systemic and territorial approach, they will be led to evaluate urban metabolisms and their relationship in terms of flow with the countryside (such as energy - fertilizers - water (Mass and matter balance).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Agricultural production part in rural areas
At the end of the course, students will have developed the foundations of systemic thinking about agricultural production on the scale of crop and livestock systems, a farm and a territory. They will be able to identify the subsystems co-existing within the main system as well as the relationships that unite them (interactions, flow of matter). They will be able to identify relevant metrics relating to the flows present in the systems (efficiency indicators, circularity, etc.) and implement them to analyze the functioning of these systems and propose ways of improvement, optimization or redesign.
Urban food production part
At the end of the course, students will have acquired a general basis on production systems adapted to the urban environment. They will be able to develop and/or use the tools to qualify and quantify sustainability and circularity. They will be able to carry out mass balances and to understand the relationships between city and countryside via a systemic and metabolic approach.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Basic knowledge of agriculture and large-scale agricultural production, livestock systems and human and domestic animal nutrition (monogastric and ruminant). Mastery of spreadsheet-type calculation tools (e.g. Excel) and programming and statistical analysis languages ??(e.g. R)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Theoretical introductions followed by tutorials.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
Further information:
Agricultural production part in rural areas
Slides, reference articles listed during theoretical courses, spreadsheets and analysis code bases will be made available on e-campus.
Urban food production part
Slides, reference articles listed during theoretical courses
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Further information:
Agricultural production part in rural areas
Written exam.
Urban food production part
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Bindelle Jérôme Jerome.Bindelle@uliege.be; Dumont Benjamin Benjamin.Dumont@uliege.be; Jijakli Haissam MH.Jijakli@uliege.be