Ecology and Food Productiont
This subject aims to understand agroecology and food production systems for sustainable agriculture. Environmentally soft and sustainable agriculture has been emphasized for the alternatives as the low responsibility to global environment issues. This subject consists of the following three steps; 1) understanding ecosystems and technologies for environmental restoration,2) finding out the regional ecology and prospects for sustainable agriculture in the future, and 3) clarifying environmental issues caused by agricultural activities and efforts for environmental conservation in the world.
| theme | contents | etc. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | Introduction for ecology and food production | About textbook |
| 2 | Agroecosystem concept | The need of sustainable food production systems | Chapter 1, 2, 3 |
| 3 | Enrironmental factors (1) | Light and temperature | Chapter 4, 5 |
| 4 | Environmental factors (2) | Humidity, rainfall and wind | Chapter 6, 7 |
| 5 | Environmental factors (3) | Soil and water in soil | Chapter 8, 9 |
| 6 | Environmental complex | Fire and biotic factors | Chapter 10, 11, 12 |
| 7 | Midterm exam | Midterm exam | Chapter 1-12 |
| 8 | System level interactions (1) | Population ecolory, genetic resources in agroecosystems | Chapter 13, 14 |
| 9 | System level interactions (2) | Species interactions in crop community, and agroecosystem diversity | Chapter 15, 16 |
| 10 | System level interactions (3) | Agroecosystem management and energetics of agroecosystems | Chapter 17, 18 |
| 11 | System level interactions (4) | Animals in agroecosystems, and converting to ecologically based management | Chapter 19, 20 |
| 12 | Transition to sustainability (1) | Indicators of sustainability and landscape diversity | Chapter 21, 22 |
| 13 | Transition to sustainability (2) | Culture, community and systainability | Chapter 23 |
| 14 | Transition to sustainability (3) | Toward sustainable food systems | Chapter 24 |
| 15 | Overview | Case study and general discussions | Prepare for case study |