AGF201 Agroforestry (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Agricultural and Horticultural Studies (AGHOR)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject has been developed in conjunction with the Cooperative Research Centre for Plant~based Management of Dryland Salinity. It develops the essential practical skills and knowledge involved with the establishment and management of viable agroforestry enterprises that assist to mitigate salinity. The subject will be delivered with a combined online and DVD component together with a three day residential school.
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No offerings have been identified for this subject in 2013.Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details prior to contacting their course coordinator: AGF201
Where differences exist between the handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Enrolment restrictions:
Subject only available to students with online access and access to a DVD player.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
be able to read the landscape for land capability;
be able to prepare physical and financial plans of agroforestry projects;
be able to identify useful agroforestry species and know where to use them;
be able to analyse and interpret the ecological and economic principles of agroforestry systems;
be able to analyse and interpret the balance between the production and environmental values;
be able to distill information regarding the institutions involved with the funding, implementation and research in agroforestry in Australia; and
be able to plan and establish a protocol for the establishment of a viable agroforestry enterprise.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
The syllabus will cover the following topics: - Part 1 - Overarching themes in Agroforestry (Introduction); - Part 2 - The environmental function of Agroforesry; - Part 3 - The human function; - Production - Aesthetics - Part 4 - Agroforestry practice; - Planning - Species selection - Economics - Establishment - Silvaculture - Measurement - New farming systems options - Institutions (Policy);
Residential School
This subject contains a compulsory 3 day residential school.
Primarily Field Trip activities, incorporating on ground application of subject theory.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.