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Demonstrate knowledge of the development of organic horticulture
Level
2
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the basic
relationships and characteristics of an organic system; describe the
development of modern organic horticulture; describe the schools of thought
that are credited with the development of the modern organic horticulture
movement; describe the principles of a selected range of organic
movements; and describe the roles of key organisations that have a strong
influence on organic horticulture.
Subfield
Horticulture
Domain
Production Horticulture
Status
Registered
Status date
27 October 2006
Date version published
27 October 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Open.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 10321 and unit
standard 10327.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0032
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
The following standards apply to this unit standard:
Demeter Standards, Bio Dynamic Farming and Gardening Association, PO Box 39045,
Wellington Mail Centre, Phone 04 589 5366, Fax 04 589 4365,
http://www.biodynamic.org.nz;
BIO-GRO Standards, BIO-GRO New Zealand, PO Box 9693, Marion Square, Wellington,
Phone 04 801 9741, Fax 04 801 9742, http://www.bio-gro.co.nz;
Agriquality New Zealand, Agriquality Organic Standards, http://www.agriquality.co.nz;
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The Soil and Health Association of New Zealand (Organic Farm New Zealand),
http://www.organicnz.org;
The New Zealand Food Safety Authority, http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/organics;
NZS 8410:2003 Organic production, available from Standards New Zealand
http://www.standards.co.nz.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe the basic relationships and characteristics of an organic system.
Performance criteria
1.1
Description identifies the importance of inter-relationships in the holistic
philosophy applied in organic horticulture.
Range
1.2
Description identifies key characteristics of organic horticulture.
Range
1.3
between organisms and their environment, between different life
forms.
matter and recycling, sustainability, biologically diverse, stable,
integrated pest and disease management.
Description defines how the application of these relationships
characteristics ensures a successful, integrated production system.
and
Element 2
Describe the development of modern organic horticulture.
Performance criteria
2.1
Description identifies domestication of crops, industrialisation of horticulture,
and identification of need for restorative and sustainable production methods.
2.2
Description includes reference to the key concepts of organic farming and the
role of certification.
Range
2.3
sustainability, biological farming, independent verification of
production methods, conservation of resources, social
responsibility.
Food safety is discussed as a concept.
Range
food production, processing, environmental
microbiology, waste streams, traceability.
contamination,
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Element 3
Describe the schools of thought that are credited with the development of the modern
organic horticulture movement.
Performance criteria
3.1
Description identifies the characteristics of two schools of thought and their
influence on the development of organic horticulture.
Range
any two of – Rodale, Fukuoka, Howard, Steiner.
Element 4
Describe the principles of a selected range of organic movements.
Performance criteria
4.1
Description outlines the principles of selected movements.
Range
4.2
Permaculture, Biodynamics, Nature Farming, Soil Food Web.
Description includes ways in which two of the selected movements support the
principles of organic horticulture.
Element 5
Describe the roles of key organisations that have a strong influence on organic
horticulture.
Performance criteria
5.1
Description identifies the role of organisations internationally important to
organic horticulture.
5.2
Description identifies the roles that organisations have played in development of
the New Zealand organic horticulture industry.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, or an inter-institutional body
with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from
assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority before
they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
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Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation www.primaryito.ac.nz if you
wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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