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Offerings
MURDOCH-S2-EXT-2018-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2-INT-2018-ONGOING
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Learning outcomes
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Understand contemporary advanced methods and future directions in agriculture and environmental management using a range of advanced technologies.
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Be able to critically evaluate offered technological solutions for practicality and economic advantage
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Understand how different technologies may be applied in specific agricultural situations and be aware of the limitations of different approaches.
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Have skills in the collection, analysis, visualisation and application of data using an array of technologies.
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Have knowledge of techniques to acquire data from different platforms, manipulate the data to generate new knowledge and visualize data for better understanding.
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Additional information
Unit content:This unit is to ensure that you have knowledge and experience of the most up-to-date methods in agricultural and environmental technology practice that we can offer. Today’s precision farming can achieve great efficiency, productivity and environmental protection if sufficiently detailed and current information about the land, the weather, the soil and the plants is collected, analysed and acted upon. A number of important key technologies, such as sensor networks, GIS mapping systems, data analytic and visualisation tools, automated weather stations, and robots are now becoming part of modern farming practice. Agricultural and environmental scientists need to understand, use and critically evaluate these technologies.
The different technology systems will be introduced in lectures. Practical exercises in a computer lab and real, instrumented test crops on Murdoch’s farms will rehearse the necessary skills. Your project will bring together your knowledge and skills to produce an assessable package.