88375 - AGRONOMY AND HERBACEOUS BIOMASS

Academic Year 2020/2021

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Low Carbon Technologies and Sustainable Chemistry (cod. 9246)

Learning outcomes

The course is aimed to understand and apply the factors behind the quantitative and qualitative aspects of agricultural production; the defense of soil fertility and the protection and enhancement of natural resources; the design, management and evaluation of crop system and ecological and environmental recovery; the use of crop residues, the development of tools for sustainable management and evaluation of the agro-ecosystem and production chains.

Course contents

Contents: main biomass and oil crops for energy use or for biorefineries, pedoclimatic needs and cultivation systems with low environmental impact.

Skills acquired: the student knows the general agronomic aspects of biomass and oil crops, the agronomic advantages and the main critical points that limit the development of innovative agricultural systems. Recognition of the main biomass and oil species. Filed visit to the experimental farm of Cadriano.

Readings/Bibliography

Slides provided

Teaching methods

Interactive lessons and exercises

Assessment methods

Oral exman (15-20 min)

Office hours

See the website of Walter Zegada Lizarazu

SDGs

Affordable and clean energy Climate Action Life on land

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.