Sustainable Crop Production - Agronomy for the 21 Century

可持续作物生产 - 21 世纪农学

• 批准号: BB/H021337/1
• 负责人: Richard Napier
• 金额: $ 28.44万
• 依托单位: University of Warwick
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Training Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2010 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=BB%2FH021337%2F1
• 关键词: Sustainable; Crop; Production; Agronomy; 21

This is an intensive one year Masters course, with an option for part time training over 2 or 3 years. It involves students in varied learning methods; lectures, practicals (including two on-farm modules), seminar delivery, tutorials and other particpatory workshops as well as assessed self-learning time. All students will also complete two projects, one a research project or placement and the other as part of their BASIS certificate in crop protection (see below). The syllabus will be the following modules: 'Principles of Crop Production', 'Advances in Plant Pathology', 'Soil, Water and Mineral Nutrition', 'Plant Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics', 'Weed Management and Ecology', 'Integrated Pest Management and Biocontrol', 'Cereal, Oilseed and Root Crop Agronomy', 'BASIS (Crop Protection)', 'Research Skills in Life Sciences', 'Bioscience, Politics and Social Acceptability', 'Project or Placement'. We will also offer opportunities for students to qualify for PA1, PA4 and PA6 certificates and FACTS. These will be offered as extras, not core curriculum. A number of the modules are already offered at Warwick as parts of existing MSc courses (Plant Bioscience for Crop Production and Enterprise for Horticulture). This new course is specifically designed to address a much wider catchment as well as the severe shortage of well-trained career agronomists. This application comes with letters of support from some of the biggest agrochemical and seed companies working in the UK and some of the larger agronomy providers including ADAS, 'the UK's largest independent provider of environmental consultancy, rural development services and policy advice.' Further, we have letters of support from representatives of the growers themselves, AHDB and some Grower Associations. This level of support and enthusiasm for the course recognises the care we have taken to develop a course that meets the needs of all these stakeholders. Detailed discussions have taken place between Warwick and Dow AgroSciences (who have their UK trials and research base at Warwick), as well as other interested parties , to create a curriculum fit-for-purpose for students who will become career agronomists or trials managers. By meeting these needs the stakeholders see the Warwick 'Sustainable Crop Production' course as a real need-driven answer to their current troubled ability to recruit into agronomy and trials posts. Not only have many of the stakeholders written in support of the course, some are participating in teaching it. ADAS will deliver most of the 'Cereal, Oilseed and Rootcrop Agronomy' module on their own trials sites. Several companies (inc ADAS and Dow) have offered to take students for placements. All see that BASIS qualification as a big bonus, and this along with the chance to preview future possible recruits has fuelled their enthusiasm. BASIS uses experiental, in-field teaching to familiarise the students with real, everyday agricultural problems. Whilst this is farm-based, at the other - but equally important - end of the production spectrum we train the students in 'Bioscience, Politics and Social Acceptability', to understand why society has concerns with agriculture/food production and the environment. This module covers aspects such as ethics, communication, engagement with trade and commercialisation and consumer choice. The modules taught at Warwick HRI cover all the aspects of advancing agricultural bioscience important to modern and future agricultural practices. This is not to say that they are removed from everyday farming. On the contrary, all our modules include practical elements or field trips to embed academic understanding and critical appraisal of topics in current practice. Recruitment of able students will remain a challenge. We plan that the companies and growers supporting this application will help illustrate the opportunities and satisfaction to be found in product

这是一个为期一年的密集硕士课程，可以选择2年或3年的兼职培训。它涉及学生在不同的学习方法;讲座，实践（包括两个农场模块），研讨会交付，教程和其他参与研讨会以及评估自学时间。所有学生还将完成两个项目，一个是研究项目或实习，另一个是作物保护基础证书的一部分（见下文）。教学大纲将包括以下单元：“作物生产原理”、“植物病理学进展”、“土壤、水和矿物质营养”、“植物遗传学、基因组学和生物信息学”、“杂草管理和除草”、“害虫综合管理和生物防治”、“谷类、油料和块根作物农艺学”、“基础（作物保护专业）、生命科学研究技能、生物科学、政治和社会可接受性、项目或安置。我们还将为学生提供获得PA 1，PA 4和PA 6证书和事实的机会。这些课程将作为额外课程而不是核心课程提供。沃里克已经提供了一些模块，作为现有硕士课程的一部分（作物生产植物生物科学和园艺企业）。这门新课程是专门设计来解决更广泛的流域以及训练有素的职业农学家的严重短缺。该申请附有来自英国一些最大的农业化学品和种子公司的支持信，以及一些较大的农学提供商，包括ADAS，英国最大的环境咨询，农村发展服务和政策建议的独立提供商。此外，我们还有种植者本身、AHDB和一些种植者协会代表的支持信。对课程的这种支持和热情程度是对我们为开发满足所有利益相关者需求的课程所采取的谨慎态度的认可。沃里克和陶氏农业科学（他们在英国的试验和研究基地在沃里克）以及其他相关方之间进行了详细的讨论，以创建适合将成为职业农学家或试验经理的学生的课程。通过满足这些需求，利益相关者将沃里克的“可持续作物生产”课程视为一个真实的需求驱动的答案，以解决他们目前在农学和试验岗位上招聘人才的能力问题。不仅有许多利益相关者支持这门课程，一些人还参与了教学。ADAS将在自己的试验场地上提供大部分“谷物，油料种子和根茎作物农艺学”模块。几家公司（包括ADAS和陶氏化学）已经提出让学生参加实习。所有人都认为BASIS的资格是一个很大的奖励，这沿着着预览未来可能的新兵的机会，激发了他们的热情。BASIS采用体验式实地教学，使学生熟悉真实的日常农业问题。虽然这是以农场为基础的，但在生产光谱的另一端-但同样重要-我们培养学生“生物科学，政治和社会可接受性”，以了解为什么社会关注农业/食品生产和环境。该模块涵盖道德，沟通，参与贸易和商业化以及消费者选择等方面。在沃里克HRI教授的模块涵盖了推进农业生物科学对现代和未来农业实践重要的所有方面。这并不意味着它们将被排除在日常农业之外。相反，我们所有的模块都包括实践元素或实地考察，以嵌入学术理解和当前实践中对主题的批判性评估。招募有能力的学生仍然是一个挑战。我们计划，公司和种植者支持这一应用程序将有助于说明的机会和满意度，发现在产品