AGR304 Agricultural Ecology (8)
Prerequisite: BIO140 and BIO271 and AGR271
Agricultural Ecology considers agriculture and agricultural practice from an ecological point of view and ecological principles in the context of agriculture. The first two modules provide insights into the basic ecological principles and how agricultural systems work in accordance with them. The third module builds on the system-level interactions and identifies pathways towards sustainability in production systems. This subject focuses on the knowledge of how natural ecosystems work and on how that knowledge can be applied to agricultural ecosystems especially in achieving sustainability.