This module for BSc students in Organic Agriculture (BSc ÖL) is taught in English language and discusses the main crop and livestock systems of tropical and subtropical regions. Next to providing an overview about relevant crop-, livestock- and mixed systems, specific details about particular tropical plants, such as rice and banana, and animal species, such camels and buffaloes, are provided.
Dieses Bachelor-Blockmodul ist für 12 Personen ausgelegt (Laborkapazität) und wird in jedem Semester angeboten, allerdings mit unterschiedlichen Schwerpunkten.
Wintersemester: Salzstressversuch mit Bohnen, Mais und Weizen;
Sommersemester: Beweidungsversuch mit Rindern oder Ziegen.
Melden Sie sich bitte über das HIS System an; sobald Sie zugelassen sind, werden Sie auch manuell in diesen Moodle-Kurs eingetragen. Bei der Auswahl der TN werden höhere Semester bevorzugt berücksichtigt.
Zeitraum im Wintersemester 23/24: KW8 und KW9
Master program SIA, mandatory module M.SIA.A10M
This module introduces students to key topics in animal nutrition and feed
evaluation, with special reference to the particularities of tropical
environments. The module offers a mix of lectures, laboratory practicals and
calculation exercises, so as to provide students with in-depth insight into
animal nutrition.
This compulsory SIA module provides an overview on the different forms
of animal husbandry systems in developing and transformation countries
of Africa, Asia and Latin America, ranging from camel nomadism in
deserts to beef ranching and intensive dairying in tropical highlands.
System-specific
livestock management is analysed in view of ecological and economic
sustainability, thereby differentiating between market and subsistence
oriented systems.