| Types of ecosystem services: Supporting, provisioning, regulating and cultural. Functional characteristics: Biological, geochemical and physical processes within an ecosystem. Nutrient and energy dynamics, and interactions among plants, animals, insects and other organisms in agroecosystems. Ecosystem services associated with agriculture. Sustainability of various agroecosystems. Drivers of ecosystem change. Impact of agricultural practices on delivery of ecosystem services. Economic values of ecosystem services and goods, and valuation methods. Ecosystem Based Approach (EBA) for agriculture: Principles and tools. Sustainable use of soil, land, water, energy, biodiversity, labour in food production. Sustainable land management. Integrated water resource management. Alien invasive species. Land races. Germplasm depletion and conservation. Renewable energy systems for food security. Payment for Ecosystem Services. Concept and estimation of Food Miles. Concept and estimation of the Carbon Footprint of foods. Effective governance of natural resources. Resource conflicts and their resolution. Indigenous and traditional knowledge for natural resource management. |
Administrative assistant: Kajol Jogarah
Telephone: 4037400
Email: k.jogarah@uom.ac.mu |
