Organic Animal Farming

General

• Code: 600-192002
• Semester: Elective Winter Semester
• Study Level: Undergraduate
• Course type: Special Background
• Teaching and exams language: Ελληνικά
• The course is offered to Erasmus students
• Teaching Methods (Hours/Week): Διδασκαλία (4)
• ECTS Units: 4
• Course homepage: https://moodle.teithe.gr/course/view.php?id=3932

Course Contents

Organic farming and livestock production – Definitions. Organic products. Basic principles of organic livestock production. Organic livestock production in EU and Greece. Relevant legislation. Future perspectives of organic livestock production in Greece per kind of animal. Supervision of animals – nutrition – hygiene – conversion to the organic production system. Advantages and disadvantages of conventional and organic livestock farms. Organic livestock production and the environment.

Educational Goals

Learning objectives:
Stimulating the interest of students concerning alternative livestock production patterns and particularly organic production. Making students realize the value of conservation of biodiversity and, therefore, the value of autochthonous breeds. Understanding the value of maintaining local ecosystems. Providing students with all the knowledge necessary to work and/or get engaged in organic livestock production.

General Skills

Retrieve, analyze and synthesize data and information, with the use of necessary technologies. Adapt to new situations. Decision making. Work autonomously. Work in teams. Generating new research ideas. Design and project management. Respect natural environment. Criticism and self-criticism. Promote free, creative and inductive thinking.

Teaching Methods

Στην τάξη.

Use of ICT means

Το μάθημα πραγματοποιείται με τη χρήση ηλεκτρονικών πολυμέσων.
Οι ανάγκες του εν λόγω μαθήματος καλύπτονται με computer, σύνδεση Internet και dataprojector και διαφανοσκόπιο για την επίδειξη διαφανειών.
Ως Εκπαιδευτικό Λογισμικό χρησιμοποιoύνται το PowerPoint, Word, Excel και DVDs.
Η επικοινωνία με τους φοιτητές γίνεται μέσω e-mail.

Teaching Organization

Students Evaluation

Ι. Final written exams (100%) which contains questions on lectures

OR

ΙΙ. Written midterm test (20%) which contains questions on lectures and Final written exams which contains questions on lectures.

Recommended Bibliography

1. Efstathiou, A., 1998. Family livestock production farms.
2. Ewing, Lay, and Barell, 1999. Farm animal welfare. Prentice Ηall.
3. Zoiopoulos, P., Papatheodorou, A., 2000. Organic livestock farming (production of livestock products organically). Agrotypos, Athens, Greece.
4. Rahmann, G., 2004. Βιολογική κτηνοτροφία, Εκδόσεις Ψύχαλου.

Related Research Journals

1. DHO (ΔΗΩ) Magazine concerning ecological faming (In Greek).