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Unit of Study AGRC5001 - Regenerative Agricultural Principles and Practice (2023)

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  • Enrolment information

    All students must attend the compulsory second-year Regenerative Agriculture Farm Study Tour, which runs in O week of Term 2 and contains practical skills for AGRC5001 (4 days) and AGRC6001 (2 days). The Farm Study Tour will leave from the Lismore campus and will last 6 days. All students participating in the Farm Study Tour will need to pay a contribution ($300) towards accommodation. For details on how to pay your contribution email the Unit Assessor Professor Terry Rose at: terry.rose@scu.edu.au.

Unit description

Examines a range of alternative farming approaches and systems in relation to their geographical, social, economic and climatic context. Students will explore and critique a range of regenerative agricultural practices aimed at improving soil health and farm productivity, including agroecological design, organics, cropping, livestock management approaches and Indigenous agriculture. Key components of farming systems across different farming contexts will be evaluated.

Unit content

  1. Principles of regenerative agriculture in the Australian context
  2. Regenerative cropping systems
  3. Regenerative grazing systems
  4. Regenerative horticulture
  5. Organics and biodynamics
  6. Nutrient cycling and circular economies

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Lismore
Term2
Term2
Online
Term2
Term2

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

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

explore and explain the underpinning principles and practices of regenerative agriculture, including agroecological design

evaluate the factors that can constrain or enable farming systems in relation to the principles of regenerative agriculture

critically evaluate a range of alternative farming systems, through practical experience in horticulture, integrated livestock, cropping, organics and permaculture

create a project relating to an alternative farming system as part of a team

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment

  • It is expected that all online students will have a working microphone, speaker and video. On-campus students will need a working headset.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.