AGR475 Sustainable Agriculture: Issues and Viewpoints (8)

Abstract

This subject focuses on major issues and viewpoints confronting industrialised agriculture and society in relation to conservation of the environment and sustainable development.

+ Subject Availability Modes and Location

Session 1
Internal	Orange Campus
Distance	Orange Campus

Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: AGR475
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Subject information

Duration	Grading System	School:
One session	HD/FL	School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

- Be able to discuss alternative viewpoints on sustainability and sustainable agriculture

- Be able to synthesise differing viewpoints and elements of sustainability into a coherent framework and set of principles or definitions

- Be able to analyise of the sustainability of an agricultural region or industry

- Be able to critically review academic literature and provide other contributions to discussions about sustainable agriculture

Syllabus

The subject will cover the following topics:

- Agriculture in the new millennium
- The nature of sustainability and sustainable development
- Alternative conceptions of sustainable development
- Sustainable agriculture
- Paradigms of sustainable agriculture

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