SOIL 411 — Soil Genesis, Quality and Land-Use Planning
Agriculture · University of Ghana
Processes of soil formation, e.g., alkalization, podzolization, gleization, etc; Soil Taxonomic orders and their diagnostic horizons; Use of soil classification in soil management and extrapolation of agronomic research results; Soil survey and soil survey reports - scales and kinds of soil survey, soil mapping units, soil survey operations; Assessment of soil productivity; Soil quality evaluation; Environmental regulations of land; Land-use planning and its application in agriculture; Introduction to GIS (Geographic Information Systems);
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- AGEC 400 — Research Project
- AGEC 406 — Managerial and Business Economics
- AGEC 410 — Agrifood Business and Agroprocessing
- AGEC 411 — Agricultural Marketing & Price Analysis
- AGEC 413 — Agribusiness Management
- AGEC 415 — Quantitative Methods & Operations Research
- AGEC 417 — Management Accounting
- AGEC 418 — Fundamentals of Business Planning & Policy
- AGEC 419 — Market Research and Analysis
- AGEX 411 — Theoretical Foundations of Innovation in Development Work
- AGEX 412 — Management of Development Organisations
- AGEX 413 — Rural Livelihoods and Food Security
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).