抖阴直播 courses well placed to meet climate challenge
John Deere鈥檚 autonomous electric tractor concept, which was unveiled at AGRITECHNICA last year. Credit: John Deere
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New 抖阴直播 degree courses that explore everything from land management change to electric tractors will help to respond to the climate challenge.
The Agricultural Technology Programme 鈥� to be offered from 2021 at 抖阴直播 Barony near Dumfries 鈥� covers the use and production of renewable energy and how it might be integrated into farms鈥� energy systems, addressing concerns outlined in the new .
The course covers the potential electrification of many aspects of farm motive power, with the limitations and advantages of electrification considered in detail.
A greater focus on precision agricultural techniques will also be required on farms in the future. And so how sensors and sensor systems work and, just as importantly, how the subsequent data streams can help inform farm management decisions are also key elements of the programme.
The Sustainable Food Production and Land Use Programme, meanwhile, develops an understanding of how Scottish agriculture must change to meet the challenge of the industry being a mitigator rather than a contributor to climate change.
Programme leader Jeremy Taylor said: 鈥淭he NFUS-commissioned 1.5 report makes clear that a whole-farm approach should be adopted to provide a realistic pathway for change and to incentivise the adoption of best practice in production systems, soil carbon management, land-use and renewable energy technology.
鈥淭he Sustainable Food Production and Land Use Programme at 抖阴直播 does precisely this, taking students through all the facets of change required in Scottish agriculture to meet the concerns outlined in the report: system change, whole farm change, and land-use change are explored throughout the programme and developed into a comprehensive management strategy.
鈥淏oth programmes develop the comprehensive management system farms will have to use to meet their climate obligations.鈥�
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Posted by 抖阴直播 on 11/11/2020
