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Animal Production PlanningLaajuus (7 cr)

Code: LM00CC22

Credits

7 op

Teaching language

  • Finnish

Responsible person

  • Mirja Riipinen

Objective

Purpose of the course

After completing the course, you will be able to draw up an investment plan for the animal farm and calculate the profitability of the investment, taking into account the need to add animal material and field, as well as technological solutions without forgetting the environmental impact.

Competences of the course

Natural sciences and environmental competence:
-you are able to apply and utilise researched environmental information and the opportunities of circular economy in your own operations
Technology competence:
-you are able to choose and develop technology solutions for bioeconomy production processes.
Business competence:
-you will identify opportunities for entrepreneurship in the bioeconomy sector in a rural environment.
Working life:
-own capabilities for entrepreneurial behaviour
Sustainable development:
-you know how to use knowledge related to your field to find, implement and establish sustainable solutions and operating models
-you understand sustainability challenges, their interdependencies, and the many perspectives of issues and problems.

Learning outcomes of courses

After completing the course, you will be able to draw up a plan for adding animals and fields, you will be able to draw up a functional plan for an animal building, and you will be able to design the technology with animal welfare in mind. You can calculate the profitability of an investment using the present value method. You can think about investing from an entrepreneur's perspective and with sustainability in mind.

Content

-project work
-animal material and field propagation
-combination of feeding with arable farming
-building design
-technology design -profitability calculation
-environmental impact
-risk assessment

Qualifications

Feeding Plan
Breeding plan
Technology of Animal production
Well-being competence of animal

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Avoid 1:
After completing the course, you will understand the importance of planning for feeding and processing in the spatial entity and building design. You understand the importance of the profitability of a construction investment in business and understand the present value method in evaluating profitability. You understand the existence of risks in business. You understand the importance of sustainability principles for business.

Satisfactory 2:
You are able to apply what you have previously learned in feeding and breeding planning. You are able to apply building requirements to farm-specific needs. You can apply the profitability calculation made using the present value method to your own project work. You can assess risks in your project work. You are able to apply the principles of sustainable development in your project work.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good 3:
You are able to analyze the effects of feeding and processing planning. You can draw up a construction plan and analyze its functionality. You can analyze the profitability factors of an investment using the present value method. You can analyze risks. You are able to analyse the implementation of the principles of sustainable development in your project work.

Laudable 4:
You are able to assess the effects of your own project work on animal welfare from the point of view of feeding and breeding. You can evaluate the functionality of the construction plan and the profitability of the investment using the present value method. You are able to assess the realisation of risks and their management. You are able to evaluate the implementation of the principles of sustainable development and the responsibility of operations.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent 5:
You are able to draw up an innovative building investment plan, where farm-specific variations have been taken into account in terms of feeding and animal material. You are able to use the present value method for managed investment planning. You manage risks in a systematic way and develop metrics. Accountability is evident throughout your project work. Use the latest information creatively.