Unit SOIL ASSESSMENT AND CONSERVATION
- Course
- Sustainable agriculture
- Study-unit Code
- A002208
- Curriculum
- Territorio e paesaggio
- Teacher
- Alberto Agnelli
- Teachers
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- Alberto Agnelli
- Hours
- 54 ore - Alberto Agnelli
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2023
- Offered
- 2023/24
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline della fertilità e conservazione del suolo
- Academic discipline
- AGR/14
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- This course will provide advanced skills related to soil classification by the main international systems (USDA and FAO-WRB), land evaluation, and soil conservation techniques functional to the sustainable use and management of soil resources.
- Reference texts
- Slides of the lessons supplied by the lecturer
Certini G. e Ugolini F.C. - Basi di pedologia. Edagricole
Nyle C. Brady e Ray R. Weil - Nature and properties of soils. Prentice Hall. USA
Randall J Schaetzl e Sharon Anderson - Soils Genesis and Geomorphology. Cambridge University Press
Soil Survey Division Staff - Key to soil taxonomy. USDA (scaricabile gratuitamente da http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/tax_keys/) FAO - World Reference Base for Soil Resources (scaricabile gratuitamente da http://www.fao.org/ag/agl/agll/wrb/) - Educational objectives
- The main objective of the course will be to provide students with the elements to 1) classify soils, 2) assess the attitude of soil and its ecosystem services 3) recognize the possible causes of degradation and 4) defend and conserve the soil resource.
The main knowledge acquired will be: soil classification (USDA and WRB); functional assessment of soils and their services; causes of soil degradation and desertification; sustainable practices for soil protection and conservation; soil survey and mapping.
The main skills will be related to the functional and attitudinal assessment of soils and the identification and use of practices aimed at an optimal and sustainable management of soils and landscape. - Prerequisites
- In order to better understand the topics covered in teaching the student should have attended the Pedology and Chemistry of Agricultural Environment course.
- Teaching methods
- The course is organized as follows:
-lectures in the classroom
-practical training in the field: opening of the soil profile, soil description, data interpretation morphological, classification, functional soil assessment - Other information
- Attending the lessons is optional, but strongly advised
Lesson will be held at the Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Borgo XX Giugno 74, Perugia.
Other info at http://dsa3.unipg.it - Learning verification modality
- The evaluation will be carried out by means of a final oral examination focusing on theoretical lessons and exercises and will last approximately 40 minutes.
- Extended program
- The soil system: basic soil concepts
Soil Classification
USDA Soil Taxonomy
FAO-World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB)
Land evaluation and thematic maps
Soil ecosystem services
Chemical and physical soil degradation processes
Soil protection and conservation
Case studies in the field - Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- 3. health and well-being
12. responsible consuming and producing
13. climate action