79543 - SUSTAINABLE AND SAFE USE OF HORTICULTURAL EQUIPMENT

Anno Accademico 2022/2023

  • Docente: Michele Mattetti
  • Crediti formativi: 6
  • SSD: AGR/09
  • Lingua di insegnamento: Italiano
  • Moduli: Michele Mattetti (Modulo Mod 1) Massimiliano Varani (Modulo Mod 2)
  • Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza (Modulo Mod 1) Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza (Modulo Mod 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Laurea Magistrale in International Horticultural Science (cod. 8883)

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

The course will provide knowledge on safety requirements adopted in the European countries for horticultural equipment. Key concepts on the safe use of tractors and agricultural equipment in view of the economic and environmental sustainability. Crop protection equipment for a sustainable horticulture.

Contenuti

Concept of sustainability in the agribusiness (2.5 h)

Tractor classification according to international standardization (4 h)

Tractors and power units: main features of pedestrian controlled, ride-on garden tractors, narrow-track tractors for orchards and vineyards (6 h).

Tillage machines adopted in horticulture (5 h)

Tractors fitment to increase the safety of the operators with respect to rollover, falling objects, vibrations, noise level. (2.5 h).

Practice on the selection of tractor and agricultural implement for a given operation (5 h)

Horticultural harvesting machines (5 h)

Sprayers and spreaders: parts, controls, settings and calibration. Protection of the operator from hazardous substances in spray application (5 h).

Seed drills, planters, transplanters: parts, controls, settings and calibration. (5 h)

Machinery and methods for precision and digital farming (10 h)

Practical exercise on sensors for precision agriculture (5 h)

Educational visits to machinery manufacturer and dedicated sector fairs (MACFRUT) (10 h)

Testi/Bibliografia

Lecture notes made available by professors

Hawker, M. F. J., & Keenlyside, J. F. (1985). Horticultural machinery (No. Ed. 3). Longman.

Srivastava, A. K., Goering, C. E., Rohrbach, R. P., & Buckmaster, D. R. (1993). Engineering principles of agricultural machines.

BODRIA, Luigi; PELLIZZI, Giuseppe; PICCAROLO, Pietro. Meccanica e meccanizzazione agricola. Edagricole New Business Media, 2018.

Metodi didattici

Lectures in class.

During the course, seminars will be planned and will be held by experts in the field of agricultural machinery.


Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

The assessment is based on an oral exam where three questions will be asked. The average duration of the exam is 30 minutes.


Strumenti a supporto della didattica

Lectures in class, and laboratory of water, energy and soil mechanics.


Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Michele Mattetti

Consulta il sito web di Massimiliano Varani