CES Resolution: RPC-SO-20-No.428-2020

Entry profile:

To be a third level professional in:

• Agronomist Engineer, Agricultural Engineer, Agricultural Engineer, Zootechnical Engineer and Agricultural and Biological Engineer registered in the SENESCYT related to the master is degree.

Graduate profile:

• Integrate the interrelationship between Sustainable Agricultural Production-environment-environment-society economy into its worldview within a context of knowledge generation based on the ancestral knowledge of Ecuadorian culture and technologies, with a nutritional, genetic, ecological, technological, complex and systemic approach to sustainable management that will ensure food sovereignty through products of strict quality.
• Manage scientific research methods related to Sustainable Agricultural Production, applying crop management techniques.
• Determine the productive potential of crops of economic interest by executing productive projects adapted to local conditions and that allow to increase Sustainable Agricultural Production in a responsible way.
• Apply advanced technologies for plant health, genetic improvement and sustainable systems for Sustainable Agricultural Production.
• Generate sustainable technologies for preserving the quality of food and plant products.
• Interpret the social, economic and environmental sustainability of production systems.
• Use scientific-technical tools to establish the nutritional requirements of agricultural crops of economic interest.
• Apply knowledge of plant nutrition to develop fertiliser formulas, using raw materials from their area of influence, to achieve the best agricultural productivity.
• To develop processes that facilitate the appropriate management of Sustainable Agricultural Production systems, with respect to the environment and socio-economic conditions of the surroundings.
• Use advanced technologies for breeding and genetic improvement of agricultural crops of economic interest.
• Implement development projects at community level for the development of Sustainable Agricultural Production.
• Apply managerial skills to create and manage companies related to the areas of Sustainable Agricultural Production and industries for the transformation of inputs, raw materials and non-conventional foodstuffs.
• Analyse the conceptual and methodological aspects and tools for the characterisation of agricultural production systems.
• To construct useful knowledge for their environment, using responsible behaviour from an ethical dimension.
• To take on, in a disciplined way, the knowledge for the adequate and supportive management of resources in Sustainable Agricultural Production.

General Objective

To train professionals in Agricultural Sciences in the management of Sustainable Agricultural Production with a scientific and research base, to solve the problems of soil degradation, loss of agricultural biodiversity and contamination of agro-ecosystems, management of regulations, economy and market of agricultural products, with an integrated vision that allows for greater efficiency in the production processes of crops to achieve food security, conserving natural resources and the environment in the agro-ecosystem and contributing to the development of the productive matrix within the context of the country, province and community.

Specific objectives.

• Knowledge and know-how.
• To develop capacities in the mastery of the theoretical foundations related to the theories of sustainable development, the theory of complexity, in relation to the trends of sustainable agricultural production based on a climate-smart, agro-ecological and conservation agriculture, which includes the systematisation and computerisation of agriculture, in order to achieve greater production of healthy food with fewer resources. In addition, to develop methodological and practical functions, which demonstrate a high scientific level, based on the complexity and integration of knowledge from different disciplines in order to play a leading role and lead the actions in the increase of sustainable agricultural production for the benefit of society development 2017-2021. A Lifetime.
• To relevance
• To solve the main problems that arise in the fields of action of Sustainable Agricultural Production such as soil degradation, loss of agricultural biodiversity, pollution of agro-ecosystems and the management of regulations, economy and market of products, from the implementation of research projects of development and entrepreneurship in rural communities, with a sustainable approach.
• To learnings
• To develop knowledge from the model of training by competences and meaningful learning, based on didactic techniques and tools that allow understanding the economic dimension of sustainable agricultural production, emphasising the use of non-conventional, natural raw materials and ecological agro-industrial by-products.
• Interculturality
• To value the problems of Sustainable Agricultural Production from ethical and professional principles such as respect for the care of the environment in the agro-ecosystem and its surroundings, of the soil and water as the main natural resources in food production, as well as to form values of respect for cultural diversity, ancestral knowledge, intercultural technologies and to have an honest, disciplined and professional performance in accordance with the National Development Plan 2017-2021. A Lifetime.

Timetable of classes:

Saturdays: 08:00 - 12:00/13:00 - 17:00
Sundays: 08:00 - 12:00/13:00 - 17:00

Modules:

• Methodology of scientific research
• Biostatistics and agricultural experimentation
• Agroecology and rural development
• Plant ecophysiology
• Genetic and biotechnological plant breeding
• Bioinformatics
• Agricultural microbiology
• Soil management in agricultural production
• Plant health of agricultural crops
• Degree workshop I
• Irrigation and drainage management for sustainable agriculture
• Temporary crop production systems
• Perennial crop production systems
• Degree workshop II
• Environmental impact in agricultural production
• Economics and marketing of agricultural products
• Degree workshop III