Duration
12h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Please consult the cursus wich composed the modul in order to learn the content
The novel methods in urban agriculture will be exposed, taking the harmonious and sustainable integration to the urban environment into account. The course will contain the following chapters:
- Definition and comparison of traditional and urban agriculture
- View of technologies used in soilless and protected cultures
- Cultures on soil
- Soilless cultures with substrates
- Hydroponic cultures
- Aquaponic cultures
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The objectives are:
1. To give a global view of the production systems in urban horticulture (essentially in temperate conditions).
2. To demonstrate the complexity of the setting up of those systems, taking social, economic, ecological, technical and legislative constraints into account.
The objectives are:
- To know production techniques used in soilless horticulture (in particular aquaponics systems)
- To chose the correct technique depending to the socio economic and geographic context (urban vs countryside)
- To know and regulate the parameters needed in soilless cultures
- To allow the acquisition of sufficient general knowledge needed to discuss with the constructors of urban agricultural production systems.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Plant Sciences (Botanic or equivalent) et Plant Composition (or equivalent)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures: 9 hours
Personal work: 3 hours
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Further information:
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Face-to-face thanks to a tool box
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Further information:
Slides and bibliographic references advised during the cursus and reviewed every year. Notably : The vertical farm : feeding the world in the 21th century, (2011) Dr Dickson Despommier, ed Picador
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Further information:
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Prof. JIJAKLI Haissam
ULg, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Bât. 47, avenue Maréchal Juin
5030 Gembloux
+32 81 622431
mh.jijakli@uliege.be