Soil health management plan (2 cr)
Code: 9A00DW91-3002
General information
- Enrollment
- 15.04.2025 - 06.04.2026
- Registration for the implementation has begun.
- Timing
- 20.04.2026 - 31.10.2026
- The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 2 cr
- Local portion
- 0 cr
- Virtual portion
- 2 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Distance learning
- Unit
- SeAMK Agriculture
- Campus
- SeAMK Seinäjoki, Frami
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Bachelor of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Rural Enterprises
- Teachers
- Janne Heikkinen
- Jori Lahti
- Jari Luokkakallio
- Groups
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MAGRO23Bachelor of Natural Resources
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MAGRO24Bachelor of Natural Resources
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AGRO22PRBachelor of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Rural Enterprises
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AGRO22TABachelor of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Rural Enterprises
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AGRO23PRBachelor of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Rural Enterprises
- Course
- 9A00DW91
Evaluation scale
1-5
Objective
The student can create a plot-specific soil health management plan based on the topics and tasks of previous courses. The student can integrate physical, chemical, and biological factors limiting growth conditions into the management plan and design a comprehensive plan to eliminate these limiting factors from the field plot. The student understands the importance of various restoration measures and can include the correct implementation methods and order of these measures in the management plan to achieve the best results
Content
Creating a soil fertility management plan based on the knowledge gained from previous courses, various materials, and research.
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
The student is able to create a plot-specific soil health management plan. The student can consider the physical, chemical, and biological factors limiting soil fertility in their management plan and can design a plan to eliminate these limiting factors from the field plot.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
The student is able to create a plot-specific soil health management plan. The student can integrate the physical, chemical, and biological factors limiting soil fertility into the management plan and can design a comprehensive plan to eliminate these limiting factors from the field plot.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
The student is able to create a plot-specific soil health management plan. The student can integrate the physical, chemical, and biological factors limiting soil fertility into the management plan and can design a comprehensive plan to eliminate these limiting factors from the field plot. The student understands the importance of different restoration actions and can outline the correct implementation methods and sequence of these actions in the management plan to achieve the best possible outcome.
Qualifications
Previous studies: Wintertime soil health assessment 4 ETCS, Soil compaction risks 3 ETCS, Assessment of Soil Structure and Drainage Situation 3 ECTS