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Offerings

MURDOCH-S2-FACE2FACE-2025-ONGOING

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Learning outcomes

1.

Apply and communicate advanced knowledge about Crop and Pasture Science and interactions between different components in agricultural systems in the context of sustainable food and fibre production

2.

Apply understanding of new technologies in agriculture, and the management of pests, diseases and weeds to solve and manage problems in the context of sustainable food and fibre production

3.

Apply understanding of how agricultural systems can be manipulated to solve and manage problems related to profitable and sustainable food and fibre production

4.

Apply understanding of plant breeding and plant selection (including exploitation of genome sequencing) to solve and manage problems related to profitable and sustainable food and fibre production

5.

Critically review and analyse knowledge of crop and pasture science (including use of formal and informal sources and the ability to discriminate between these) to inform evidence-based practice

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Additional information

Unit content:

The unit will cover: 1. The principles of plant breeding and selection–including biotechnology techniques, transgenics and marker assisted breeding 2. Advanced agronomy – weed management, seed science, annual and perennial break crops and crop/pasture rotations 3. Digital science (informatics, management of big data sets, GIS, and new technologies associated with automation in agriculture). 4. The complementarities between farming systems that include both crops and animals, with legumes, herbs and grasses in rainfed systems. 5. How science has contributed to increased food production, using the framework of the Green Revolution. Both benefits and tradeoffs associated with this approach will be covered. 6. The farming systems of southern Australia and in particular dryland systems that integrate crops and livestock and intensive agricultural systems. 7. An introduction to intensive, irrigated systems 8. An understanding of the tools that are used by farmers to optimize production.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

This curriculum aligns with the following UN Sustainable Development Goals:

Goal 2: Zero hunger
Goal 4: Quality education
Goal 15: Life on land