Agroecology Curricula

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J
1	Agroecosystem Design & Management	Ecological Science	Soil & Crop Health	Agroforestry & Aboriculture	Land Based & Practical Skills	Farm Management & Marketing	Political Agroecology	Research & Analysis	Biodiversity & Ecological Interactions	Water Management & Riparian Ecology
2	Agriculture and landscape management in a particular agricultural region & bioregions	Biochemistry	Fertility management	Dryland & Tropical Agroforestry	Knowledge of wild foods & useful plants	Food regulations	Ecological crisis of modern agriculture	Comparisons between agricultural models	Insect identification	Storing water
3	Agriculture/Agronomy	Basic Biology	Crop rotations	Design and Management of Woodlands	Engineering/Farm machinery use	Farm business management	Civic agriculture	Climate Assessment	Agroforestry and Wildlife	Run off capture & flood water management
4	Agroecology and resiliency to climate change	Advanced Crop science	Crop Nutrition	Agroforestry Systems and Practice	Composting	Business planning/enterprise design	Biotechnology: social & environmental implications	Utilising Case studies	Ecological role of biodiversity in agroecosystems	Aquaculture systems
5	Agroecosystem diversification strategies	Applied Ecology	Cover cropping	Alley Cropping	Advanced propagation methods & nursery practices	Farm based Income-Generating Activities	Agriculture & energy e.g. biofuels	Chromatography	Ecologically based insect pest management: biological control and habitat management	Riparian restoration & management
6	Application of ecological principles	Advanced Weed Science	Knowledge of diverse soils & soil building applications	Agroforestry	Mushroom identification & cultivation	Adding Value to Products	Applying agroecology to rural development in the Third World	Agroecosystem analysis methods	Conserving biodiversity	Keyline Design & Applications
7	Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation	Biocomplexity	Mycological Applications	Forest architecture	Nursery Practices	Marketing Principles		Designing, managing and evaluating systems	Integrated crop-livestock systems	Knowledge of how water moves through the landscape
8	Design & management of sustainable agroecoystems	Biodiversity	Pest dynamics	Arboriculture	Plant identification	Reducing off farm and energy inputs	Ecological economics: agricultural applications	Digital mapping (GIS)	Integrated Pest Management	Management and hydrologic restoration of watershed
9	Ecology of ecosystem restoration	Biogeochemical cycles	Common Pests & diseases	Firebreaks	Practical harvesting & storage skills		economics	Field research	Integrated Weed Management	Riparian Buffers
10	Indigenous horticultural practices	Botany	Soil conservation and regeneration techniques	Forest Farming	Seed Collection, Storage, and Pretreatment		Emergence and impact of rural social movements	Field studies	Knowledge of native flora & fauna	Water availability
11	Knowledge of fruits, vegetables & crops that can grow in non-temperate climates	Chemistry	Soil ecology and management	Forest Gardening	Tree identification		Ethnoecology: traditional agriculture and indigenous knowledge systems	GIS systems	Knowledge of organisms - plants, animals, microorganisms	Water conservation and harvesting
12	Knowledge of fruits, vegetables & crops that can grow in temperate climates	Climate change	Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition	Windbreaks	Medicinal plant cultivation		Fertilizers, manufacture and use	Holistic & People's Science Models	Multispecies interactions	Water use efficiency in agroecosystems
13	Knowledge of how to restore ecosystem functions	Crop Ecology	Soil Quality	Sustainable woodland management	Tree surveying & inspection		Future challenges for agriculture	Indigenous knowledge systems	Understanding & experience of diverse habitat restoration
14	Landscape Agroecology	Energy flows	Understanding of mycology and mycological applications	Terraces & Contour Plantings	Vegetative propagation		Global Agroecosystems	Laboratory skills
15	Organic farming: characteristics, extent and conversion	Ecology	Soil organisms, nutrient cycles, bioremediation	Orchard design & care	Fruit tree cultivation		Globalisation	Mapping
16	Principles & fundamentals of agroecology	Environmental affects e.g. eutrophication		Living Fences	Nut tree cultivation		Instructional techniques for ag and life sciences	Technical drawing
17	Resilient Systems	Erosion		Major Agroforestry Species	Market gardening/larger scale cultivation		History of agriculture	Participatory research
18	Urban Agriculture	Ethnobotany		Polycultures	Landscape Design		History of animal agriculture	Quantitive research methods in agroecology
19	Permaculture Design	General Plant Pathology		Silviculture	Insect identification		Impact of economic globalisation	Research Planning and Communication
20		Insect Ecology		Silvopasture	Compost Tea Making		Integral theory	Understanding statistics
21		Microbiology		Tree Knowledge	Taking soil samples		Knowledge of traditional agriculture & Hunter Gatherer communities in different cultures	Vegetation analysis
22		Nutrient cycles			Tree planting		Knowledge of traditional local agriculture, systems & relationships with plants	Computer aided design
23		Physical and chemical aspects of environments			Making tree inventories		Labor issues
24		Plant ecology			Soil testing		Maintaining local cultures and gastronomies
25		Plant Health					mental models/worldviews
26		Plant Pathology					Natural resources and environmental policy
27		Plant Science					Oil crisis
28		Scientific principles					Role of agriculture in economic development
29		Soil biology & soil food webs					Role of incentives and support programs for farmers
30		Soil science					Social and economic sustainability
31		Weather & climate					Sustainability indicators
32		Weed Ecology					Theory U
33							Understanding conventional agriculture
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