The Future of Farming: Exploring Climate Smart Agriculture

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Inglês

9 h

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3 sequências
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Começa em 17 fevereiro 2019
Termina em 3 março 2019

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Programa de Estudos

Week 1:

Climate change and greenhouse gases
The interactions between climate change and agriculture
Food security
Climate smart agriculture; history, principles and examples
Different views on the food production system

Week 2:

The basics of milk production, cow husbandry, digestion and herd management
Greenhouse gas emissions and the possibilities for reducing them, within dairy farming
The importance of plants for our atmosphere
Other forms of sustainable farming
Possible options for reducing energy consumption

Week 3:

The basics of wine production
General, sustainable crop management practices
Problems for the wine industry created by climate change
Possibilities for adapting the wine industry to climate change
Examples of how data can be used to to help make decisions in agriculture
Critical views regarding climate smart agriculture

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Instrutores

Marie Dittmann
I am an animal scientist, with a particular interest in nutrition, metabolism, and behaviour of animals, as well as agriculture.

Martin Lukac
I am an academic interested in effects of climate change on agriculture and forestry. I specialise in studying ecosystem productivity, carbon cycling and the link between diversity and stability.

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