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Agricultural Entrepreneurship

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Course abstract

The internship creates an opportunity to strengthen the theoretical knowledge acquired in the study courses of the specialization direction and to gain a general practical orientation about the acquired theoretical courses.

Learning outcomes and their assessment

Knowledge and understanding of the applied knowledge of the acquired study courses in practice;
Skills to make observations in experiments, to diagnose harmful organisms, to determine their distribution and degree of development, to collect their collections, to determine arable and horticultural species and to evaluate the condition of sowings and plantings, the efficiency of applied crop growing technologies.
Competently evaluate the results of economic and research work, analyse the compliance of crop growing technologies with the direction of farming, the chosen method and good agricultural practice.

Assessment: during the internship at the end of each day students prepare reports on the fulfilment of individual internship tasks, at the end of the internship week during the discussion in the group of students each intern provide an assessment and substantiate their opinion on what is seen in internships.

Course Content(Calendar)

Internship under the guidance of teaching staff at LLU MPS “Pēterlauki” and “Vecauce”, crop and horticultural research institutions, agricultural and horticultural enterprises and agricultural service institutions.

Day 1 - inspection and evaluation of field trials and production fields in crop production:
1. evaluation of sowings or plantations;
2. identification of weeds in the sowings;
3. diagnosis of harmful organisms, assessment of the degree of their spread and development;
4. soil sampling procedure, practical application of plant nutrition diagnostic methods;
5. crop production technologies applied at the place of practice and assessment of their conformity.

Day 2 - inspection and evaluation of field and covered area trials and productive fields in fruit growing:
1. evaluation of fruit plantations,
2. identification of weeds in gardens;
3. diagnosis of harmful organisms, assessment of the degree of their spread and development;
4. soil sampling procedure, practical application of plant nutrition diagnostic methods;
5. assessment of the plant growing technologies applied at the place of practice and their conformity;
6. assessment of the presence of bees and other natural pollinators.

Day 3 - inspection and evaluation of field and covered area trials and production fields in vegetable growing:
1. evaluation of sowings or plantations;
2. diagnosis of harmful organisms, assessment of the degree of their spread and development;
3. provision of plant nutrition in covered areas;
4. collaboration and cooperation in horticulture;
5. to evaluate the vegetable growing technologies used on the practice site and their compliance.

Day 4 - activities of a mixed production agricultural enterprise and agricultural service cooperative society:
1. assessment of fodder arable and grassland sowings;
2. research and analysis of feed supply and applied technologies;
3. acquaintance with the livestock industry in the company;
4. evaluation of the nature, activities and results of the cooperation.

Day 5 - operation of a non-traditional production company and agricultural advisory and education system:
1. company performance evaluation;
2. market opportunities for product sales;
3. operation of the advisory service.
The time of the internship is specified every year.

The time of submission of practice tasks and presentation is specified every year.

Requirements for awarding credit points

Test without mark consisting of:
• practice review, consisting of a daily protocol of each practice;

• presentation of the practice review.

Description of the organization and tasks of students’ independent work

Students independently perform the internship tasks set by the lecturer in each specific part of the study course.

Independently prepare a presentation and add it to e-studies at the specified time.

Criteria for Evaluating Learning Outcomes

Test without mark consisting of:
1. internship review, consisting of a daily protocol of each practice;

2. presentation of the internship review.

Compulsory reading

Kārkliņš A., Kreišmane Dz. (2016). Studiju darba izpilde un noformējums: metodiskie norādījumi Lauksaimniecības fakultātes studentiem. 5. papild. un pārstr. izdevums. Jelgava: LLU, 73 lpp.

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 7th semester, for part-time students in the 9th semester.