EKO/AZHOA Agroecology and Basics of Agricultural Management

Lecturer: Bořivoj Šarapatka, Radoslav Koprna
Lecture: 2 hours/week
Credits: 5
Winter semester
Form of course completion: exam

The subject provides students with essential information on agroecosystems and their evolution, on the influence of environmental factors on organisms within agroecosystems, structure and dynamics of agrocenoses and productivity of agroecosystems. Attention is also paid to soil ecology in agroecosystems, environmental problems of agriculture and agroecological analysis of main production systems. The farmer's role in the landscape is explained to students in practical examples, as well as essential systems of management and the concept of sustainable agricultural systems.