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Hållbar livsmedelsproduktion – utmaningar och odlingssystemlösningar

Kursen består av föreläsningar, seminarier och workshops samt ett projektarbete med fokus på odlingssystem och hållbart jordbruk. Undervisningen kommer att ges av forskare som är experter inom odlingssystem och hållbart jordbruk och kompletteras av andra intressenter med intressen för hållbart jordbruk.


Via seminarier kommer studenterna delta i interaktiva diskussioner om föreläsningarna och relaterad litteratur där debatt om de viktigaste frågorna kommer att uppmuntras. Via workshops kommer studenterna att skapa och dela kunskaper, utbyta erfarenheter och åsikter och analysera den egna påverkan på hållbar livsmedelsproduktion som konsument och medborgare.


Kursen börjar med en översikt över världens viktigaste matgrödor och hur de odlas. Därefter presenteras de stora hållbarhetsutmaningarna inom jordbruket. Fokus ligger på miljöhållbarhet men ekonomisk och social hållbarhet samt internationell handel kommer att diskuteras. Genom fallstudier kommer flera odlingsscenarier att utvärderas med avseende på hållbarhetsutmaningar, och lösningar baserade på vetenskaplig forskning om odlingssystem kommer att presenteras. Dessa lösningar kommer att kritiskt diskuteras och analyseras. Slutligen presenteras och debatteras ett antal bredare globala problem inom hållbart jordbruk.


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Andra kursvärderingar för MX0146

Läsåret 2023/2024

Hållbar livsmedelsproduktion – utmaningar och odlingssystemlösningar (MX0146-30484)

2024-01-15 - 2024-06-02

Läsåret 2021/2022

Hållbar livsmedelsproduktion – utmaningar och odlingssystemlösningar (MX0146-30271)

2022-01-17 - 2022-06-05

Läsåret 2020/2021

Hållbar livsmedelsproduktion – utmaningar och odlingssystemlösningar (MX0146-30276)

2021-01-18 - 2021-06-06

Läsåret 2019/2020

Hållbar livsmedelsproduktion – utmaningar och odlingssystemlösningar (MX0146-30286)

2020-01-20 - 2020-06-07

Kursplan och övrig information

Betygskriterier

Grading criteria MX0146 Sustainable food production - challenges and cropping system solutions (7.5 credits)

Marking scale: G: Pass, U: Fail

Objectives The course aims to provide an overview of how food crops are produced, the major challenges to sustainability associated with agriculture and solutions for increasing sustainability through cropping systems.

Learning goals & means of examination

Learning goal

Means of examination

Describe cropping systems used to cultivate the most important food crops

Participation in workshop exercises (or completion of replacement assignment)

Identify major challenges to achieving agricultural sustainability and suggest cropping systems-based solutions

Participation in workshop exercises (or completion of replacement assignment)

Critically discuss and compare different sustainable agriculture approaches, including their strengths, weaknesses and societal impact

Participation in workshop exercises (or completion of replacement assignment)

Completion and approval of project report

Reflect on your own impact on agricultural sustainability as a consumer and citizen

Completion and approval of project report

Requirements for examination

To achieve a passing grade students should:

Actively participate in at least five (5) of the seven workshop exercises throughout the course either by attendance and active participation, or by satisfactorily completing an equivalent replacement assignment.

Satisfactorily complete the project work, and submit a project report.

Registration in Ladok (7.5 hp)

Participation in workshop exercises 4.5 hp

Project 3 hp

Litteraturlista

MX 0146 Sustainable food production - challenges and cropping system solutions 2023

Required reading

***Introduction to sustainable cropping systems: why are they important? ***

Foley, J., Ramankutty, N., Brauman, K. et al. Solutions for a cultivated planet. Nature 478, 337–342 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10452

Naylor R et al (2005) Losing the Links Between Livestock and Land: 310, Issue 5754, pp. 1621-1622 DOI: 10.1126/science.1117856

Major food crops and their sustainability challenges

Francis, C.A. (2005) Crop rotations. Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment, 318-322.

Malézieux, E. et al. (2009) ‘Mixing plant species in cropping systems: Concepts, tools and models: A review’, in Sustainable Agriculture. doi: 10.1007/978-90-481-2666-8_22

Giller, K. E. et al. (2015) ‘Beyond conservation agriculture’, Frontiers in Plant Science. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00870

Introduction to Life cycle assessment

Garnett, T., Röös , E., Nicholson, W., & Finch, J. 2016. Environmental impacts of food: an introduction to LCA (Foodsource: chapters). Food Climate Research. Network, University of Oxford.

Tidåker P et al 2021. Towards sustainable consumption of legumes: How origin, processing and transport affect the environmental impact of pulses. Sustainable Production and Consumption https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2021.01.017

Plant-based protein production systems

Graham PH, Vance CP 2003. Legumes: Importance and Constraints to Greater Use. Plant Physiology 131: 872-877. www.plantphysiol.org/cgi/doi/10.1104/pp.017004.

Foyer CH et al. 2016 Neglecting legumes has compromised human health and sustainable food production Nature Plants 16112 | DOI:10.1038/NPLANTS.2016.112


Plant nutrient management for efficient crop production and reduced environmental impact

Goulding, K., Jarvis, S. and Whitmore, A. 2008. Optimizing nutrient management for farm systems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal society B, 363:667-680.

Integrated pest management - insects, diseases and weeds

Barzman M et al 2015. Eight principles of integrated pest management. Agron. Sustain. Dev. 35:1199–1215 DOI 10.1007/s13593-015-0327-9

Guest DI 2003. Plant Pathology, Principles. Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences, 2nd edition, Volume 3 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-394807-6.00056-3

Landis DA et al. (2000) Habitat Management to Conserve Natural Enemies of Arthropod Pests in Agriculture. Annual Review of Entomology. 45:175-201

Hoffmann C. & Thiéry D. (2010) Mating Disruption For The Control Of Grape Berry Moths- Bottlenecks and conditions for adoption in different European grapevine-growing regions. Endure Grapevine Case Study – Guide Number 3

Organic production

https://www.ifoam.bio/en/organic-landmarks/principles-organic-agriculture (Links to an external site.)

https://rodaleinstitute.org/why-organic/organic-farming-practices/ (Links to an external site.)

http://www.jordbruksverket.se/amnesomraden/odling/ekologiskodling.4.373db8e013d4008b3a18000179.html (Links to an external site.)

Reganold JP and Wachter JM (2016) Organic agriculture in the twenty-first century. Nature Plants 15221. DOI: 10.1038/NPLANTS.2015.22 Reganold and Wachter 2016.pdf

Garnett T et al. (2013) Sustainable Intensification in Agriculture: Premises and Policies. Science 341 (6141), 33-34. DOI: 10.1126/science.1234485 Garnett-2013-Sustainable-intensification-in-agri.pdf

Darnhofer et al. (2010). Conventionalisation of organic farming practices: from structural criteria towards an assessment based on organic principles. A review. Agron. Sustain. Dev. 30 67–81. DOI: 10.1051/agro/2009011 Darnhofer et al 2009.pdf

Climate change and cropping systems: the two way interactions

Zhao, C., Liu, B., Piao, S., Wang, X., Lobell, D. B., Huang, Y., . . . Asseng, S. (2017). Temperature increase reduces global yields of major crops in four independent estimates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(35), 9326-9331. doi:10.1073/pnas.1701762114

Vermeulen, S.J., Campbell, B., Ingram, J.S., 2012. Climate Change and Food Systems, SSRN. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-020411-130608

Global perspectives on challenges to agricultural sustainability

Altieri MA, Nicholls CI, Henao A, Lana MA 2015. Agroecology and the design of climate change-resilient farming systems. Agron. Sustain. Dev. DOI 10.1007/s13593-015-0285-2

Miguel A. Altieri & Clara I. Nicholls (2020) Agroecology and the reconstruction of a post-COVID-19 agriculture, The Journal of Peasant Studies, 47:5, 881-898, DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2020.1782891

Further reading (optional)

General

Pollan, Michael. The omnivore's dilemma: the search for a perfect meal in a fast-food world. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2009.

FAO 2018 The future of food and agriculture http://www.fao.org/publications/fofa/en/

WRI 2019 Creating sustainable Food Future https://wrr-food.wri.org/

UNEP (2016) Food Systems and Natural Resources Summary report. http://www.resourcepanel.org/file/395/download?token=JqcqyisH

Major food crops and their sustainability challenges

Bowden et al. (2008) Wheat growth & development. NSW Department of Primary Industries

IPM

Dara SK 2019. The New Integrated Pest Management Paradigm for the Modern Age. Journal of Integrated Pest Management. : 12 1–9 doi: 10.1093/jipm/pmz010

Kursfakta

Kursen ges som en fristående kurs: Ja Kursavgift: Studieavgift, endast för medborgare utanför EU, EES, och Schweiz: 19030 SEK Nivå: Grundnivå (G1N)
Ämne: Miljövetenskap Lantbruksvetenskap Miljövetenskap Lantbruksvetenskap
Kurskod: MX0146 Anmälningskod: SLU-30085 Plats: Uppsala Distanskurs: Nej Undervisningsspråk: Engelska Ansvarig institution: Institutionen för växtproduktionsekologi Studietakt: 25%