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Headquarter
Campus Riello Viterbo
Department
Agriculture and Forest Sciences
Language
Italian
Course lenght
2 years
Admission
selective entry test
The MSc Course gives to the graduates depth and specialized knowledge and skills relating to both crops and livestock production. These are aimed at the design and management of innovations in qualitative and quantitative agricultural production, through a systemic approach, by combining knowledge and biological needs with farms and landscape resources, technical means and environmental sustainability.
The common basic teachings address the topics of research methodology in agriculture, innovations and management of agricultural and livestock systems, sustainable strategies in crops protection, obtaining quality plant products, agricultural policies, management of agricultural enterprises and investment analysis, agricultural mechanization, rural landscape planning and job safety in agriculture in their innovative aspects.
Learning objectives
The course trains graduates with in-depth and specialized knowledge and skills on vegetable and zootechnical production, to design and manage the innovation of qualitative and quantitative agricultural production with a systemic approach, combining biological knowledge and needs with corporate and territorial resources, technical means and environmental sustainability. The teachings deal with the themes of innovation, management and research of agricultural and livestock systems, and territorial systems in broad meanings including economic and managerial ones, territorial-environmental safety and work.
Training Course
The MSc course in “Agriculture and Environmental Science” is structured in two curricula.
- Curriculum “Agricultural Science (ScAg)”, in this programme the teaching courses focus the attention to general aspects of food production process by herbaceous, tree, vegetable crops, and by livestock; all teaching courses of the whole programme is held in Italian language.
- Curriculum “Organic Agriculture in Mediterranean Areas (OrgAgriMed)“, in this programme the teaching courses focus the attention to the sustainability, resilience, and climate change aspects in mediterranean environments of food production processes; all teaching courses of the whole programme is held in Englisch language. This MSc programme will be started in September 2024.
Curriculum Scienze Agrarie
Discipline Anno Semestre Crediti PRIMO ANNO Microbiologia applicata ai sistemi colturali 1 1 6 Assetto del territorio 1 1 8 Meccanizzazione agricola 1 1 6 Attività Formativa a Scelta 1 1 6 Arboricoltura Speciale e la qualità dei frutti 1 2 6 Insetti di recente introduzione in Europa: biologia, strategie di monitoraggio e gestione di campo 1 2 6 Strategie in patologie vegetale 1 2 6 Sistemi colturali 1 2 6 Tesi 8 totali CFU 58 SECONDO ANNO Politiche agricole ed evoluzione del mercato 2 1 6 Gestione dell’impresa e analisi degli investimenti 2 1 6 Metodologie di ricerca in agricoltura 2 1 6 Sistemi zootecnici 2 2 6 Attività Formativa a Scelta 2 2 6 Tirocinio 2 Tesi 12 totali CFU 44 Profilo colturale Colture ortofloricole in ambiente protetto 2 1 6 Viticoltura 2 2 6 Miglioramento genetico delle specie vegetali coltivate 2 2 6 totale CFU del profilo 18 Profilo Economico Territoriale Pianificazione del territorio rurale 2 1 6 Economia e politica dello sviluppo rurale 2 2 6 Sicurezza del lavoro in agricoltura 2 2 6 totale CFU del profilo 18 Profilo Innovazione e produzioni animali sostenibili Qualità e tracciabilità dei prodotti d’origine animale 2 1 6 Gestione sostenibile e digitale della foraggicoltura 2 2 6 Sensoristica e robotica a supporto delle produzioni animali 2 2 6 totale CFU del profilo 18 Curriculum Organic Agriculture in Mediterranean Areas
Subjects Year Semester Credits FIRST YEAR Organic soil management Soil biochemistry 1 1 3 Soil microbiology 1 1 3 Pest and disease control in organic cropping systems Innovative strategies for sustainable plant protection 1 1 6 Biological control of insect pests 1 1 6 Organic livestock production systems 1 1 6 Organic herbaceous crop production in Mediterranean climate 1 1 6 Food qualilty and security in organic agriculture 1 2 6 Organic tree crops production in Mediterranean climate 1 2 6 Experimental design and statistical modelling 1 2 6 Agroecology in organic and sustainable agriculture 1 2 6 Elective teaching course 1 2 6 total ECTS 60 SECOND YEAR Innovative agricultural mechanization 2 1 6 Economic sustainability of Mediterranean farming systems Farm management and adaptation strategies 2 1 3 Investments analysis 2 1 3 Economic and policy of agri-food systems 2 1 3 Genetic improvement for sustainable cropping systems 2 1 6 Elective teaching course 2 1 6 Traineeship 2 2 2 Other useful knowledge 2 2 1 Master thesis and colloquium 2 2 30 total ECTS 60 Two Years total ECTS 120 For any information, please ask the Head of the MSc Course Prof. Roberto Mancinelli (mancinel@unitus.it)
Career opportunities
Agronomist in public and private organizations; freelance job as Senior agronomist; manager of agricultural and livestock farms, competent in quality production on the field and in post-harvest, in nutrition and animal welness; agronomist competent in the protection of the environment, territory, rural and urban landscape, job safety.
Alter five years from the degree, the ISTAT employment rate far second degree course SAA graduates was 83% in 2016 (ALMA LAUREA data, source ISTAT)
Further education
Graduates in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences can access to training schools and PhD programmes.
Further information about the course
Specialized knowledge and skills can be enhanced through the curricula:
- cultivation;
- economics and territory ;
- zootechnician.
The course has a common basis and three specialised profiles: the common basis are focussed on the research methodology in agriculture, the innovation and management of agricultural and livestock systems, sustainable strategies aimed at protecting crops, the development of quality plant products, business management and investment analysis, agricultural mechanization, regional safety and setup and work safety in their most innovative aspects.
The development of specialised knowledge and competences happens in the second year with:
a cultivation profile; students learn how to obtain quality products, improve genetics, horticultural crops, fruit crops and viticulture;
a territorial financial profile; students acquire knowledge about the optimisation of regional planning, job safety in agriculture and economics rural development policies;
a livestock profile; students learn how to optimize forage production and conservation, gain knowledge on food science and techniques in livestock management and on the quality of animal products.
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Programme coordinators
Course director:
Prof. Roberto Mancinelli
mancinel@unitus.itAcademic offices:
Coordinator: Lorena Remondini – Tel. 0761 357286
dafne@unitus.itPatricia Gutiérrez – Tel. 0761 357219
Student office
Claudia Menghini – Tel. 0761 357263
Cosimo De Pace – Tel. 0761 357582
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