Sustainable Agriculture
Credits: 3Course Type: Science
BGU Course Number: 001-2-8004
Lecturer
Description
The course offers an overview of approaches to sustainable agriculture. Sustainable agriculture is compared to conventional agriculture. Environmental impacts are discussed. Subjects include crop diversity, smart breeding, permaculture, biointensive agriculture, large-scale organics, water saving techniques, IPM and restoration ecology. Students complete essay questions in an open book exam, do a project of their choosing, take on field trip, and visit and evaluate crops in the experimental fields at Kibbutz KeturaRequired Reading:
Small Steps Towards Abundance, Crops for a More Sustainable Agriculture by Elaine Solowey. Additional reading will be supplied from works by Vandana Shiva, Paul Raeburn, Gary Nabhan, Russel Clemings, Wendell Berry and Wes Jackson.
Semester
Fall Semester 2005Program
Syllabus
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