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Course code: RIPS10069o14Semester: 2014/2015 summer
Name: Farm infrastructure design
Major: Production Engineering and Management
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 6
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: Dr inż. Małgorzata Akińcza
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: Student has knowledge of the methods used in the organization of agricultural-managerial works, their sequencing and the costs and effects in the ex-ante and ex-post valuation. Student is able to comprehend the rules of spatial policy-making for agricultural development, agricultural production and the relationship between agriculture and other human activities in rural areas. Student knows the basic methods for assessing the impact of infrastructure projects on the environment and economic activity of the local community. Students is able to describe basic indicators of assessment of agricultural infrastructure, the demand for construction of new and modernization of existing one. Skills: Student can conduct evaluation of the need for modernization work and complementary agricultural infrastructure construction in rural areas. Student is able to interpret and evaluate the design of indicators the outline of land configuration of agricultural plots. Student can assess the rationality of spatial management in built - on site. Student programs the necessary and complementary treatments in the rational functioning of agricultural production. Student can conduct ex-ante and ex-post environmental and economic assessment.
Competences: Student is able to work independently and in a team, taking on various roles, recognizes his/her responsibility for the actions undertaken consciously creating rural development and rational management of agricultural production space.
Prerequisites: none
Course content: Spatial organization of a farm. Infrastructure in rural areas - concept, types, characteristics, progress in development of infrastructure - opportunities and limitations. Public roads and road network of agricultural transport. Land improvements and their impact on agricultural production. The outline of land configuration of agricultural plots. Organization of a farm plot. Improving the outline of land configuration of agricultural plots. Management-agricultural work. The policies of rural and agricultural restructuring.
Recommended literature: Basic: 1. Borcz Z. Infrastruktura terenów wiejskich, Wydawnictwo Akademii Rolniczej we Wrocławiu, 2000. 2. Tkocz J. Organizacja przestrzenna wsi w Polsce, wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, Katowice 1998. 3. Hopfer A., Kobyłecki A., Żebrowski W., Kształtowanie sieci dróg na terenach wiejskich. PWRiL, 1980. 4. Harasimowicz S., Ocena i organizacja terytorium gospodarstwa rolnego, Wydawnictwo Akademii Rolniczej w Krakowie, 2002. 5. Kodeks Dobrej Praktyki Rolniczej 2004. Additional: 1. Akińcza M., Malina R. Geodezyjne urządzanie terenów rolnych. Wykłady i ćwiczenia. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczego we Wrocławiu, 2007. 2. Red. Hopfer A. Wybrane metody matematycznej analizy stosowane w urządzaniu przestrzeni rolniczej. Wydawnictwo ART., Olsztyn 1991.
Assessment methods: Knowledge: Tests during the lectures and workshops Skills: Assessment of individual computational tasks and projects. Social competences: Assessment of the effects of working in a team, evaluating the correctness of the interpretation of the current state and the needs of the agricultural production space.
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