ENS264 Sustainable rural management

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Bc. Petra Burišková
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Wed 9:45–11:15 U35
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 20 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
A student is able to describe the agroecosystem structure and the ecological factors influencing agricultural production. Understands the basic priciples of crop and animal production and its environmental impacts and environmentally friendly technologies.
Course make students aware of the biological and ecosystem limits of modern technologies, students realise and evaluate critical moment of land management.
Syllabus
  • Soil and plant nutrition - basic principles of soil formation, soil organic matter,
  • Fertilisers and manures, environmental impacts.
  • Agroecosystem – origin of agriculture, structure of agroecosystem, energy and agriculture,
  • Crop rotations.
  • Plants as the basis of food production, principles of ecological crop husbandry.
  • Ecological animal husbandry.
Literature
    required literature
  • ŠARAPATKA, Bořivoj and Urs NIGGLI. Zemědělství a krajina : cesty k vzájemnému souladu. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2008, 271 s. ISBN 9788024418858. info
  • ŠARAPATKA, Bořivoj and Jiří URBAN. Ekologické zemědělství : učebnice pro školy i praxi. 1. vyd. Šumperk: PRO-BIO, 2005, 334 s. ISBN 8090358306. info
  • URBAN, Jiří and Bořivoj ŠARAPATKA. Ekologické zemědělství :učebnice pro školy i praxi. 1. vyd. Praha: Ministerstvo životního prostředí ČR, 2003, 280 s. ISBN 80-7212-274-6. info
    recommended literature
  • Organic agriculture for sustainable livelihoods. Edited by Niels Halberg - Adrian F. Muller. New York, NY: Routledge, 2013, xvi, 280. ISBN 9780203128480. info
  • TOMAN, Miroslav, Stanislav CODL and Petr TUČEK. České zemědělství : očima těch, kteří u toho byli. Praha: Národní zemědělské muzeum Praha, 2012, 203 s. ISBN 9788086874395. info
  • Agriculture in urban planning : generating livelihoods and food security. Edited by Mark Redwood. Sterling, VA: Earthscan, 2009, xviii, 248. ISBN 9780415507363. URL info
  • DABBERT, Stephan, Anna Maria HÄRING and Raffaele ZANOLI. Organic farming : policies and prospects. 1st pub. London: Zed Books, 2004, xvii, 169. ISBN 1842773275. info
  • PRETTY, Jules. Agri-culture :reconnecting people, land and nature. 1st pub. London: Earthscan Publications, 2002, xvi, 261 s. ISBN 1-85383-925-6. info
  • JANDÁK, Jiří, Alois PRAX and Eduard POKORNÝ. Půdoznalství. 1. vyd. Brno: Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická univerzita, 2001, 140 s. ISBN 8071575593. info
  • PRAX, Alois, Jiří JANDÁK and Eduard POKORNÝ. Půdoznalství. 1. vyd. V Brně: Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická univerzita, 1999, 153 s. ISBN 8071571458. info
  • BARTÁK, Miroslav, František KOCOUREK and Vladimír VRABEC. Obecná agroekologie. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická universita, 1996, 134 s. ISBN 80-7078-354-0. info
  • BARTÁK, Miroslav, Bořivoj ŠARAPATKA and František KOCOUREK. Speciální agroekologie. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická universita, 1996, 179 s. ISBN 80-7078-353-2. info
    not specified
  • KUTÍLEK, Miroslav. Půda planety Země. 1. vyd. Praha: Dokořán, 2012, 199 s. ISBN 9788073632120. info
Teaching methods
The course is based on lectures and individual work with the study recourses. Group project and its presentation. Field excursion.
Assessment methods
The course is finished by an examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013, Spring 2015.
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