The course has as its main aim the comprehension of the principles, objectives, the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation procedures as well as  students’ acquaintance with institutions, mechanisms and instruments for policy making for the management and protection of the environment in the rural space. Other objectives of the course include the familiarisation of students […]

The main objective of the course is to offer to students knowledge  and the methodology in order to comprehend the role of natural, social and economics factors in order to assess the potential and limits of agricultural systems´ transformations, both at spatial and temporal scales.  With this aim specific agricultural systems are selected, representative in […]

The course is aiming at the comprehension of the mechanisms through which agricultural activities exert pressures on natural resources. A further objective is to familiarize students with the concept of agro-ecosystems as well as the identification and assessment of their  multiple services (economic, social and environmental). Finally, through the analysis of organic farming, to achieve […]