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Agricultural Entrepreneurship II

Course developer

Prior knowledge

LauZP068, Agricultural Entrepreneurship I

LauZP070, Agricultural Entrepreneurship

Course abstract

Professional practice is one of the most important components of the agricultural training programme in the specialisation of entrepreneurship in agriculture. It makes it possible to strengthen theoretical knowledge in a practice in agricultural or related enterprises. The practice shall be performed individually by the student in the agricultural enterprise/es. At the same time, practice is also pre-graduate practical studies, and it is recommended that the place of practice be selected according to the topics of the final work. Students choose the following basic topics for professional practice: business in crop production, horticulture or livestock farming. Students work individually in an agricultural or directly related public or private enterprises, learn to understand the principles and opportunities of the practical business of agriculture, the preconditions for the formation, existence and development of an enterprises, the principles of cooperation and the practical justification for the theoretical knowledge previously acquired, taking into account the specific direction of the holding.

Learning outcomes and their assessment

Knowledge of the technological processes in one of the agricultural production sectors, management, organisational, accounting and financial flows, the integration of the holding into the business environment, cooperatives, market conditions and agricultural organisations. In practice, the student learns the ability to link specific soil and agro-climatic conditions to agricultural production, to address practical issues and problems within the company, to manage farm production independently and to raise his or her qualifications. The student is competent to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in practice to assess the performance of the undertaking and to develop recommendations for its development.
1. Be able to characterise production resources and technologies, and to carry out an initial assessment of the business of the practice in the cross-report.
2. Shall be able to find, identify and describe crop diseases, insects and their damage, as attested by the collections submitted, in a field or garden.
3. Capable of describing and analysing the performance and competitiveness of a company, taking into account the business environment and the scope of activity in the final review

4. Capable of assessing the relevance of production technologies to specific circumstances and assessing their management and economic benefits as demonstrated by the presentation of the final report and during the defence of the involvement in discussions

Course Content(Calendar)

1. The professional practice shall be performed in the establishment for at least four weeks before the submission of an cross-report. 64 h
2. Preparation of cross-report — characteristics of production resources and technologies in the company. 20 h
3. Collection and preparation of collections — crop diseases, insects and there damage, weed herbarium and their seed collection. 20 h
4. Professional practices in the enterprise, with the full amount of practice. 60 h
5. Preparation and submission of final report of professional practice – analysis and assessment of the activities and competitiveness of the company, comparison of business practices. 68 h

6. Presentation of the final review of professional practice – conformity of production technologies with specific conditions, management and economic assessment. 8 h

Requirements for awarding credit points

Test with a mark consisting of:
• final report (evaluated with mark) and
• presentation of the review (evaluated with mark).
Must be submitted:
• collections (diseases, insects and their damages)
• cross-review,

• final review and accompanied feedback from practice managers at companies.

Description of the organization and tasks of students’ independent work

For the individual practice students shall choose independently or in consultation with the head of practice in the faculty the agricultural enterprise, state institution or private company directly related with agriculture and associated with their interests. For practice, the student chooses other company than it was in practice Agricultural Entrepreneurship I.
Collections (diseases, insects and their damages) must be designed in accordance with the instructions.
Preparation and presentation of a cross-review and final review. The cross-review shall be submitted electronically to the e-study site and shall be discussed in the student group.
The final review shall be attached to the e-study site and shall be submitted to the LLU in printed form after receipt of acceptance from the head of practice.

A commission has been set up for the assessment of practices by the order of the dean of the faculty, and its presentation takes place in the student group.

Criteria for Evaluating Learning Outcomes

The end-of practice assessment is further influenced by the timing and quality of the collection and cross-review submission (points). If the total score is not above 4, then regardless of the average grades obtained in the final report and presentation, the student cannot get a higher score than 7 balls.

1 point
The interim review has not been submitted within the prescribed time and does not meet the requirements
Collections not submitted at the specified time and their design does not meet the requirements
2 points
Interim review submitted at the specified time but not meeting the requirements
Collections submitted at the specified time, but their design does not meet the requirements
3 points
Interim review submitted at the specified time and meeting the requirements
Collections submitted at the specified time and their design complies with the
requirements

Compulsory reading

1. Augļkopība (2015). Atb. red. L. Ikase. LV Augļkopības institūts, 544 lpp. Augkopība (2004). A. Ružas redakcijā. LLU: SIA JUMIS. 374 lpp.
2. Augsnes ilgtspējīga izmantošana (2008). O. Nikodemus red. O. Nikodemus, A.Kārkliņš, M. Kļaviņš u.c. Rīga: Akadēmiskais apgāds. 256 lpp.
3. Augu slimības (2003) B.Bankinas red. Jelgava: LLU, 247 lpp.
4. Auziņa A., Zvirbule-Bērziņa A., Mihejeva L. (2004) Plānošana un ražošanas procesa organizēšanas pamatprincipi. Biznesa augstskola Turība SIA, Rīga, 144 lpp.
5. Bankina B., Gaile Z. (2014) Ziemāju labības un to slimības. Jelgava,: LLU 104 lpp.
6. Dembovskis A., Drudze I., Gailīte M. u.c. (2007). Dārzeņkopība: lauka dārzeņu audzēšana: rokasgrāmata. Pūre: Pūres Dārzkopības izmēģinājumu stacija, 284 lpp.
7. Priedītis A. (1996) Kultūraugu kaitēkļi. Rīga, Zvaigzne ABC, 293 lpp.

8. Turka I. (2003) Pesticīdu lietošanas riski augu aizsardzībā. Ozolnieki: Latvijas Lauksaimniecības konsultāciju un izglītības atbalsta centrs. 159 lpp.

Further reading

1. LLKC mājas lapa. Ekonomika. Bruto segumi. Bruto seguma aprēķins zemnieku saimniecībai. [tiešsaiste] Ozolnieki: SIA LLKC. [skatīts 19.03.2019.] Pieejams: http://new.llkc.lv/lv/nozares/ekonomika/bruto-segumi

2. Rokasgrāmata augu aizsardzības līdzekļu droša lietošana cilvēkam un videi. [tiešsaiste] LAALRUTA, 2013. - 52. lpp. [skatīts 19.03.2019.] Pieejams: http://stradavesels.lv/Uploads/2014/03/28/LAALRUTA_AAL_rokasgramata_2013_web.pdf

Periodicals and other sources

1. Agro Tops. Rīga: Aģentūra Agro apgāds. ISSN 1407-5164
2. Interneta resursi: www.vaad.gov.lv; www.lad.gov.lv; www.zm.gov.lv; www.pvd.gov.lv
3. Latvijas Lopkopis. LLKC.
4. Saimnieks LV. Rīga: TEE BIO, 2004. ISSN 1691-1598

5. Profesionālā dārzkopība. APP “Dārzkopības institūts”, pieejams tiešsaistē: http://fruittechcentre.eu/lv/profesionala-darzkopiba

Notes

Compulsory study course for study program Professional Bachelor of Agricultural Sciences, qualification Manager of Agricultural Enterprise, for full-time students in the 7 th semester, for part-time students in the 9 th semester.