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Module Name
Module Code
Lecture Hrs
Practical Hrs
Credits
Smart Crop Production Technologies
AGRI3179Y(5)
50
0
5

Description
New Farming system as applied to cane industry. Industrial crop production. Sustainable crop production. New trends in vegetable crop production. Plug production. Plastic mulching in horticulture. Good agricultural practices in crop production. New Farming system as applied to cane industry. Industrial crop production. Sustainable crop production. New trends in vegetable crop production. Plug production. Plastic mulching in horticulture. Good agricultural practices in crop production. Cropping and production of high value horticultural crops in plastic tunnels, shade houses and greenhouses. Types of structures for protected cultivation and their characteristics. Greenhouse design and site considerations. Greenhouses and their operation. Plant culture in hydroponics. Plant nutrition in Soilless Culture. Hydroponics media. Hydroponics systems. Cropping and production of selected vegetables, fruits and ornamentals in soilless culture systems: water and substrate culture systems. Hydroponics waste management. Aquaponics. Internet of things and applications to crop agriculture. Applications of smart technologies. Cropping and production of high value horticultural crops in plastic tunnels, shade houses and greenhouses. Types of structures for protected cultivation and their characteristics. Greenhouse design and site considerations. Greenhouses and their operation. Plant culture in hydroponics. Plant nutrition in Soilless Culture. Hydroponics media. Hydroponics systems. Cropping and production of selected vegetables, fruits and ornamentals in soilless culture systems: water and substrate culture systems. Hydroponics waste management. Aquaponics. Internet of things and applications to crop agriculture. Applications of smart technologies.
Faculty Department
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE Combination of APS & AFS
Contact Details
Administrative assistant: Kajol Jogarah
Telephone: 4037400
Email: k.jogarah@uom.ac.mu
 

 


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