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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture : Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture

791-316 Comparative Production Systems

Credit Points:

7.5

Coordinator:

Mr G Brinsmead

Prerequisite/s:

Agricultural Production Systems II.

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

3 hours per week

Objectives:

The objective of this subject is for students to:

  • develop a framework to compare various production systems;

  • understand the structure and functioning of the main production systems in the world;

  • evaluate the relative efficiency of production systems.

Content:

The ecology of production systems; historical development; technical, economic and political changes in agriculture/horticulture; shifting agriculture, wet-rice cultivation; mixed farming; dairying; plantations; large-scale livestock farming; large-scale grain production; intensive livestock systems; efficiency of production systems; future scenarios for production systems.

Assessment:

Two assignments of 3000 words each (50% each).
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