Challenges about agroecological transition (Fall semester)
main objectives
The objective of this module is to address issues related to the agroecological transition of the crop production sector around three themes: - The role of agriculture in society and in the territories - Sustainability of production factors and adaptation of farming systems - Biodiversity and nature conservation and environmental preservation
general content
The three themes explored in this module will be addressed by looking at issues around : - The place of agriculture and farmers in society and the issue of soil artificialisation and land preservation. - Issues around food and protein transitions, energy/climate constraints for agriculture. - Issues surrounding the erosion of biodiversity and diffuse pollution of agricultural origin. Beforehand, this module opens with an introductory work consisting in discussing the different acceptances of agroecology based on the study of a heterogeneous corpus of documents. At the end of the module, two role-playing exercises will be used to summarise and discuss the various topics covered by: - Building a prototype cropping system for the 2050 horizon based on a reference cropping system to be described and analysed beforehand. The objective is to define, discuss and prioritise the challenges and constraints that agriculture will face in 2050, through the construction of a decision tree, while adapting them to the context of the initial farm/cropping system. In a final step, the constructed prototype cropping system is evaluated and compared to the initial cropping system. - Imagining ‘concrete proposals for the Maine-et-Loire region aimed at reducing the food sector's contribution to climate change in a spirit of social justice’ via a collective discussion in the form of a role play
pedagogy
This module extends, as a red thread, over the entire duration of the field of specialization, the various issues raised thus echoing the themes addressed in the other modules of the field of specialization. The teaching methods consist mainly of lectures (webinars or conferences), individual works (around the bibliographic corpus made available) as well as two synthesis and situational exercises (in groups, based on individual reflections), in the form of practical work, at the end of the module and making the link with the rest of the DA.
evaluation
Two summary and situational exercises covering the content of the module and linking it to the rest of the field of specialization: - Oral presentation of the work on the ‘Cropping system 2050’. - Oral presentation of the ‘Role play’ exercise