Crop Production Planning and Management (10cr)

Objective

The studies ingreases students skills making different plant production plans. Student will be familiar with the categorisation of plant diseases and pests as well as the factors influencing the development/growth and life cycle of them. Students will be competent in identifying plant diseases and pests and chosing an appropriate plant protection method.

Students will be familiar with the impact the climate in Finland has on the need to drain soils and irrigate crops. They will also be familiar with various drainage and irrigation methods and their use. Student can make nutrien balance calculations. They can also utilise related research outcomes.

Content

Drainage and irrigation methods.
Diseases and pests of plants and their control methods.
Nutrient balance and their analysis. Grassland production. Cropp production planning and and fertilisation programmes

Materials

Heinonen (ed.). 1992. Maa, viljely ja ympäristö. Chapter 3. WSOY.
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Pajula and Triipponen (eds.). Selvitys Suomen kastelutilantesta. Suomen ympäristö 629.
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(OR Sadetusopas 1979. ProAgria).
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Pajula and Järvenpää (eds.). 2007. Maankuivatuksen ja kastelun suunnittelu. Finnish Environment Institute report 23/2007, pp. 187. Available online only.
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Peltomaa. 1999. Salaojien kunnossapito-opas (also online). Field Drainage Center, Salaojituksen tukisäätiö and Helsinki University of Technology.
Maan vesi ja ravinnetalous: ojitus, kastelu ympäristö (appl. parts).
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Teaching methods

Problem based learning

Student workload

Total work load of the course: 267 h.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

. The student knows drainage and irrigation methods and can make crop protection plans and cultivation and production plans if he is guided. The student will find means which can be used to improve the nutrient balance and crop production of the farm.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student knows the importance of drainage and irrigation and can make a cultivation plan, and crop protection plan and calculate the field balance sheets of the farm. The student explains how different factors affect the balance sheets of the state and to the making of the cultivation plan. The student analyses and interprets the cultivation of the farm and the factors which affect it.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

. The student justifies the importance of drainage and irrigation and can make a cultivation plan, crop protection plan and calculate the field balance sheets of the farm. The student thinks and justifies factors which affect the balance sheets and cultivation plan. The student analyses the cultivation of the state and presents the concrete developing measures of the state

Qualifications

Yhteiset ammatilliset opinnot.