Unit 1
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Unit 2
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Agricultural & Horticultural Operations
This unit investigates local operations and the establishment and care of a plant or animal enterprise.
Areas studied
- Characteristics of systems
- Animals and plants
- Local operations
- Environmental factors
- Factors affecting distribution
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Production
This unit looks at nutrition, reproduction, and factors related to the production process.
Areas studied
- Animal nutrition
- Plant nutrition
- Animal reproduction
- Plant reproduction
- Factors influencing production
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Unit 3
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Unit 4
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Technology
This unit looks at environment modification, technology and the establishment of an enterprise with a commercial focus
Areas studied
- Modification of soil, climate, topography
- The impact of mechanisation
- Disease and pest control
- New technology
- Implications of new technology
- Role of technology
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An introduction
This unit looks at ecologically sustainable production and management practices.
Areas studied
- Sustainability
- Ecological management
- Environmental degradation
- Business planning
- Management and the environment
- Off farm influences
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| Assessment: Assessment in Agriculture and Horticulture is Unit 3 course work (33%), Unit 4 course work (33%), and a 1 1/2 hour written examination in November (34%). |
