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Unit of Study AGRC3004 - Planning Rural Landscapes (2023)

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  • Enrolment information

    This is a capstone unit for Regenerative Agriculture. All students should have completed AGRC3003 - Regenerative Agricultural Strategies before enrolling. Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science, should also have completed: GENG1003, AGRC2007, SOIL2001, AGRC2004, BIOL2011, AGRC2006 and STAT2003. Students enrolled in the Graduate Diploma of Regenerative Agriculture should also have completed: SOIL2001, AGRC2006 and AGRC5001.

Unit description

Describes the form, function and emergent properties of healthy, productive rural landscapes. Explores ecological design and planning processes and the concept of ecological indicators. Students learn rural landscape design including water management approaches and the use of digital resources and tools for rural landscape planning. Different approaches for landscape planning will be explored and applied, including Natural Sequence Farming, Yeomans Keyline Planning, Permaculture and Potter Farm Planning.

Unit content

Module 1: Farm planning frameworks for working with natural and agricultural capital

Module 2: Mapping geographic and agricultural landscape elements

Module 3: Assessing ecological indicators to evaluate rural landscape health

Module 4: Apply appropriate digital technologies to understand water on farms

Module 5: Agroecological landscape design and planning: Cropping

Module 6: Agroecological landscape design and planning: Grazing

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Lismore
Term4
Term4
Online
Term4
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Learning outcomes

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On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

describe the geographic and agricultural elements of a rural landscape and assess ecological indicators to evaluate rural landscape health

select and apply approaches for working with the natural and agricultural capital in the landscape for efficient farm planning and design

apply appropriate digital technologies in rural landscape planning

develop an agroecological landscape design and plan.

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