Introduction in organic farming systems

Abstract

Aim:The students shall:- be familiar with the basic elements of ecological farming systems,- be able to make comparisons between farming systems (organic, integrated, conventional)Structure:Part I: 14 times 2 weekly lecturesPart II: one study week with excursions, exercices and workshops (end of spring semester)

Objective

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Content

PART I: Introduction in Organic Farming Systems Introduction 1. Historical Development of farming systems and agropolicies in Switzerland Lecturers: P. Fried O. Schmid Date: 21. 03. 07 2. Basic princples and requirements organic farming and critrical analyis of roots of organic farming and other farming systems. Lecturers: O. Schmid, U. Niggli Date: 28. 03. 07 PLANT PRODUCTION 3. Sustainable rotations, fertilisation concepts and plant nutrition Lecturers: P. Fried, O. Schmid Date: 04. 04. 07 4. Strategies for breeding and choice of varieties without Genetic Engineering Lecturers: P. Fried Ch. Arncken Date: 18. 04. 07 5. Soil fertility – Results from long-term trials Lecturer: P. Mäder Date: 25. 04. 07 6. Careful soil tillage and non-chemical weed control Lecturer: O. Schmid Date: 02. 05. 07 7. Plant proterction and habitat management Lecturers:P. Fried/D. Dubois Date: 09. 05. 07 ANIMAL PRODUCTION 8. Animal friendly animal husbandry, breeding and feeding in the practise Lecturer: E. Meili Date: 16. 05. 07 9. Animal health and complementary veterinary medicine Lecturer: P. Klocke Date: 23. 05. 07 ECONOMY, MARKET 10. Economic aspects of the conversion to organic farming: micro and macro-economic aspects Lectuers: O. Schmid, U. Niggli Date: 30. 05. 07 11. Excursion Organic farm S. Spahn, Dietlikon Lecturers: O. Schmid / P. Fried Date: 06. 06. 07 12. Marketdevelopment of label production IP and Organic Lecturers: Date: F. Rothen, IP Suisse/ Toralf Richter (angefragt) Datum: 13. 06. 07 13. Conversion excercice Lecturer: O. Schmid/P.Fried Date: 20. 06. 07

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