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Course details
Course code: RRSN10280f14
Semester: 2014/2015 winter
Name: Economics of plant protection
Major: Agriculture
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 8
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 18 / 18 / 0
Lecturer: dr hab. Maria Golinowska prof. nadzw.
Language of instruction: Polish


Learning outcomes: Knowledge: After completing the course student has general knowledge about harmful effect of agrophages, becomes familiar with economic and organizational characteristics of plant protection methods, knows the expenditures on plant protection and the techniques of estimating costs and economic efficiency in plant protection treatments. Skills: Student is able to interpret economic occurrences, uses correctly the standards and work organization systems, knows balance of profits and losses of pesticidal chemicals. Student is able to prepare the plan of plant protection tasks in farm.

Competences: Student achieves ability to deepen the knowledge, becomes able to relate gained knowledge to the other subjects and uses it in practice.

Prerequisites: Completion the course of plant protection and economics.

Course content: Losses caused by agrophages, expenditures on plant protection, calculation and valuation, economic efficiency. Work organization during plant protection treatments. Infrastructure of plant protection.

Recommended literature: 1. Golinowska M. 2002. Efektywność ochrony roślin w indywidualnych gospodarstwach rolnych południowo-zachodniej Polski. Wyd. AR Wrocław. 2. Ekonomika zwalczania chwastów 1992. Wyd. AR Wrocław. 3. Ekonomiczno-organizacyjne aspekty stosowania biologicznych metod ochrony roślin. 1990. PWN, Warszawa, Zesz. Probl. Post. Nauk Rol. 393. 4. Koszty i inne uwarunkowania efektywności ekonomicznej zabiegów ochrony roślin. 1987. Zesz. Prob. Post. Nauk Rol. 5. Mierzejewska W. 1972. Ekonomika i organizacja ochrony roślin. PWRiL Warszawa. 6. Mierzejewska W., Golinowska M., 1976. Koszty i ekonomiczna efektywność chemicznych zabiegów ochrony roślin. PWRiL, Warszawa 7. Periodyki: „Progress In Plant Protection” 8. Pruszyński S. 2000. Przewodnik Dobrej Praktyki Ochrony Roślin. IOR Poznań. 9.Pruszyński S., Bartkowski J., Pruszyński G. Integrowana ochrona roślin w zarysie Poznan 2012 10. Matyjaszczyk Ewa Analiza zmian ustawodawstwa z zakresu ochrony roślin pod kątem bezpieczeństwa żywności, ludzi i środowiska Poznan 2011

Assessment methods: Knowledge acquiring credit for the tests and and the project - plan of plant protection’s tasks in farm Skills Student knows how to estimate costs and economic efficiency of plant protection treatments. Competences: Ability to assess the correctness of selected information, respect for the copyrights

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