Environmental Issues in Crop Production

About this programme

The equivalent of 120 credits including 30 credits in Biology, Horticultural Science, Agricultural Science, Environmental Science or Landscape Architecture, and English 6 (Swedish upper secondary school). The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest. The equivalent of 120 credits including 30 credits in Biology, Horticultural Science, Agricultural Science, Environmental Science or Landscape Architecture, and English 6 (Swedish upper secondary school). The course focus on environmental problems arising in crop production. It provides students with knowledge and experience generally applicable within the utilisation and conservation of natural resources, independent of whether the crop is used for food, feed, raw materials for industry or urban landscape management. The course consists to a large extent of projects that train the students on how to formulate, analyse and solve environmental problems. The project reports are presented both orally and in written form. Project work is supported by lectures and literature seminars. To pass the course, approved written reports, oral presentations, and participating in compulsory course activities are required. Bauman H, Tillman A-M (2004) The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to LCA – An orientation in life cycle assessment methodology and application. Studentlitteratur. Lund. (ISBN 91-44-02364-2) *Bommarco et al (2013) Ecological intensification: harnessing ecosystem services for food security. Trends in Ecology and Evolution