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Investigate and make judgments on the ethical and sustainable production and marketing of food and fibre (ACTDEK044)

Elaborations
  • examining emerging production technologies and methods in terms of productivity, profitability and sustainability, for example vertical farming, recirculation technologies in aquaculture
  • investigating how digital technologies could be used to enhance food production systems, for example global positioning system (GPS) for managing animals, crop sensors or automated animal feeding or milking
  • comparing the environmental impacts of intensive and extensive production systems and their contribution to food and fibre production
  • investigating the interdependence of plants and animals in food and fibre production
  • examining the marketing chain of a range of agricultural products and outlining the effect of product processing and advertising on demand and price
  • taking account of animal welfare considerations in food and fibre production enterprises
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Ethical understanding Ethical understanding
ScOT terms

Ethics,  Environmental sustainability,  Farming systems,  Human settlements,  Food miles,  Fibres (Materials)

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