University of Novi Sad
Faculty of Agriculture
Department of Agricultural Economics
and Rural Sociology
Country road take me home, to the ECO energy source I belong
Course description
1. Course title: Country road take me home, to the ECO energy source I belong
Course participants: 22 students, in organization of BEST (Board of Students of
Technology)
2. Description:
On behalf of the Faculty of Agriculture, the Department of Agricultural Economics and
Rural Sociology will organize an academic course under the title “Country road take
me home, to the ECO energy source I belong”. The department will support the
organization and delivery of several lectures from its field and will organise experts from
the other Departments to take part in the project..
The course will cover broad issues like rural development, multifunctional agriculture,
ecology of rural areas and their ecological competitiveness in rural development,
sustainable practices on the farms, ecological values, awareness and practice decision
makers in agriculture.
After introduction into the broad meaning of sustainable development for rural areas and
agriculture, the course will continue with issues like sources of renewable energy in
Serbia and legislation in that area. Participants will also be introduced to the
importance of organic agriculture for sustainable development, greening of agriculture
within the frame of agro ecological concept and development of ecological ideas in
Serbian agriculture.
Participants will also study visits to farms and companies that are active in the region
and that use renewable energy sources.
At the end, a case study that deals with renewable energy (biomass) will be presented
and in the form of a workshop, students will face certain tasks and problems that the
case study reveals.
3. Course themes:
Theme
Ecology of rural areas; Territorial rural development and
ecological competitiveness
Lecturer
Dejan
Janković
Day
Day
1
The main issues of (un)sustainability of Serbian agriculture
Vesna Rodić
Day
1
Day
1
Environmental awareness among students of agriculture
Jelena
Karapandžin
Renewable energy sources in Serbia: the case of windmills
Vladimir Pihler
Day
1
Renewable energy sources in Serbia: state and perspectives.
Legislation on renewable energy in Serbia
Examples of renewable sources in Serbia
Ivan Pavkov
Day
2
Day
2
Day
2
The importance of organic agriculture for sustainable
development of rural areas; Greening of agriculture and agroecological concept; development of ecological ideas in Serbian
agriculture
Milivoj
Radojčin
Srđan
Šeremešić
Visit to company
Day
3
Day
4
Visit to company
Case study
Biomass as renewable energy source: at what price?
Vladislav
Zekić
Day
5
4. Goals:
Goals of the course Country road take me home, to the ECO energy source I
belong are:
 To introduce the importance of the issue of renewable energy and sustainable
technologies in general,
 To emphasise the importance of sustainable solutions in rural development and
agriculture,
 To reveal different renewable energy sources and different sustainable
technologies, especially in food production,
 To present the most common problems in the use of renewable energy, most
common bad practices that endanger the sustainability of agriculture and rural
areas and the gap between legislation and usual practice in rural areas.
5. Type of examination:
At the end of the course, students will work together on a case study and they will try to
estimate costs of biomass production and to calculate them. Students will present their
results in the form of a work.
6. Necessary background:
Participants need no special background knowledge. All lectures will be held in
understandable and “popular” manner in order to give better understanding of the
problematic involved.
7. Question to answer:
Name at least three reasons why modern agriculture is not sustainable over the long
term (max 200 characters).
Theme
Lecturer
Day /
contact
hours
Ecology of rural areas; Territorial rural development and Dejan
Day 1 /
ecological competitiveness
Janković
2 contact
hours
The main issues of (un)sustainability of Serbian Vesna Rodić
Day 1 /
agriculture
1 contact
hours
Environmental awareness among students of agriculture
Jelena
Day 1 /
Karapandžin
1 contact
hours
Renewable energy sources in Serbia: the case of
Vladimir
Day 1 /
windmills
Pihler
1 contact
hours
Day 2 /
Renewable energy sources in Serbia: state and
Ivan Pavkov
1 contact
perspectives; Legislation on renewable energy in Serbia
hours
Examples of renewable sources in Serbia
Milivoj
Day 2 /
Radojčin
2 contact
hours
The importance of organic agriculture for sustainable
Srđan
Day 2 /
development of rural areas; Greening of agriculture and
Šeremešić
2 contact
agro-ecological concept; Development of ecological ideas
hours
in Serbian agriculture
Visit to company
Day 3
6 contact
hours
Day 4
4 contact
hours
Visit to company
Case study
Biomass as renewable energy source: at what price?
Vladislav
Zekić
Day 5 /
6 contact
hours
Name of
activity
Ecology of rural areas; Territorial rural development and
ecological competitiveness
PhD Dejan Janković, Assistant Professor
Number of
working hours
Type of
activity
Short
summary of
the content
2
Bibliography
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/rur/leader2/ruralen/biblio/compet/competitivite.pdf
Expected
effect
By the end of this event participants will understand the importance of
Rural Development of rural areas and their functions in society;
Concept of territorial rural development and role of environmental
capital for rural areas.
Name of
activity
Number of
working hours
Type of
activity
Short
summary of
the content
Bibliography
Expected
effect
Lecture and discussion
During this event participants will:
a.
learn about process of rural development
b.
the importance of ecological aspect of R. D.
c.
meaning of environmental competitiveness (capital) in territorial
R. D. approach
The main issues of (un)sustainability of Serbian agriculture;
PhD Vesna Rodić, Professor
1
Lecture
During this event participants will:
a) learn whether and how intensive agriculture in modern conditions
threatens the environment;
b) empower their abilities to perceive the relationship between
agriculture and environment;
c) learn how to identify causes, sources, types and forms of threats to
the environment;
d) learn about the measures and instruments for environmental
protection and pollution control
http://unsdsn.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/130919-TG07Agriculture-Report-WEB.pdf
http://crepeweb.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/crepe_final_report.pdf
By the end of this event participants will understand the importance of
and the need for development of sustainable agriculture and will be
able to holistically perceive relationship between agriculture and the
environment
Environment
al awareness
among
students of
agriculture
Number of
working
hours
Type of
activity
Short
summary of
the content
Bibliography
Expected
effect
Environmental awareness among students of agriculture;
MSci. Jelena Karapandžin, Teaching Assistant
1
Lecture
During this event participants will learn the basis of environmental
awareness and measuring instruments for it; Participants will also learn
about environmental awareness among students of agriculture.
By the end of this event participants will discuss about the best tools for
measuring environmental awareness.
http://www.bioline.org.br/pdf?st11015
http://ac.els-cdn.com/S0272494401902270/1-s2.0S0272494401902270-main.pdf?_tid=216707d4-7af9-11e4-ac6200000aacb35e&acdnat=1417617295_e950074639687c789780cff76f85
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http://ac.els-cdn.com/S1877042812017806/1-s2.0S1877042812017806-main.pdf?_tid=5cd0d41c-7af9-11e4-b3ee00000aacb35d&acdnat=1417617395_0a5c5ae05d2ee5053873469d182
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a498
http://umaine.edu/soe/files/2009/06/NewEcologicalParadigmNEPScale1.
pdf
By the end of this event participants will be able to understand
advantages and disadvantages of the current scale for measuring
environmental awareness.
Renewable energy sources in Serbia: the case of windmills
MSci.Vladimir Pihler
Number
of
working
hours
Type of
activity
Short
summar
1
Lecture
The lecture will bring up issues related to planning regulations and policies
y of the
content
Bibliogra
phy
related to development of wind parks in rural settings of Serbia; The
presentation will provide an overview of the wind energy potential of Serbia
with the determination of the potential locations for wind turbine construction,
policy and regulatory planning tools relevant for development of a wind park;
A case of a planning process of a wind park in Serbia will be presented as
the last part of the lecture.
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
Expecte
d effect
http://www.rrasrem.rs/doc/2013/Vodici_za_investitore_OIE/Wind_Pow
er_Plants_Brief_Guide.pdf
http://proceedings.ewea.org/ewec2007/allfiles2/249_Ewec2007fullpap
er.pdf
The participants will get an overview of potentials, spatial requirements and
conflicts related to the development of a wind park in rural settings of Serbia.
Renewable energy sources in Serbia: state and perspectives.
Legislation on renewable energy in Serbia
PhD Ivan Pavkov, Assistant Professor
Number of
working hours
Type of activity
Short summary
of the content
Bibliography
Expected effect
1
Lecture
The Serbian capacity in renewable sources. Infrastructure capacity
for utilization of renewable sources; Serbian legislative in the field of
renewable sources.
Students will be informed about the current level of renewable
energy sources and infrastructure for their utilization; Also they will
be informed about Serbian Legislation in the field of renewable
energy sources.
Examples of renewable sources in Serbia
MSci. Milivoj Radojčin, Assistant
Number of
working hours
Type of activity
Short summary
of the content
Bibliography
Expected effect
2
Lecture
During the lectures students will be informed about the development
and implementation of renewable energy sources in Serbia. They will
see examples of large and small plants and equipment for the
application of renewable energy sources.
Student will understand the level of development of renewable
energy sources.
Name of
activity
The importance of organic agriculture for sustainable development of
rural areas;
Greening of agriculture and agro-ecological concept; development of
ecological ideas in Serbian agriculture
Dr Srđan Šeremešić, Assistant Professor
Number
of
working
hours
Type of
activity
Short
summar
y of the
content
2
Bibliogr
aphy
http://www.intechopen.com/books/organic-agriculture-towards-sustainability
http://orgprints.org/6784/2/OF0405_909_TRP.pdf
http://siepa.gov.rs/files/pdf2010/Organic%20Agriculture%20in%20Serbia%20
At%20a%20Glance%202013.pdf
Expecte
d effect
By the end of this event participants will be able to recognize specific factor
that have influenced development of the sustainable agriculture
Lecture + Discussion
During the lecture student will be informed about development of the agroecological ideas in Serbia; Major obstacles and potential will be highlighted
and future prospect of the rural areas based on the sustainable technologies.
Case study
Biomass as renewable energy source: on what price?
Prof. dr Vladislav Zekić
Number of
working
hours
Type of
activity
Short
summary of
the content
Bibliograph
y
6
Expected
effect
By the end of this event participants will be able to perform and
understand the cost of energy generated from straw
Case study / workshop
Biomass as renewable energy source: at what price?
Types of biomass; Crop residue; Harvesting; Systems for the collection;
Valuation; Costs; Combustion; Feasibility assessment;
http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/business-and-economics/financialmanagement/pubs/cop_agrienergy_wheatstrawbiomassaverageresidue.p
df
Company visit
Titan machinery
Number of
working hours
Type of activity
Short
summary of
the content
6
Bibliography
Company visit
Titan Machinery owns and operates a network of full-service
agriculture and construction equipment dealerships in the United
States and Europe. Its primary new equipment manufacturer partner is
the CNHi family of brands - including Case IH, Case Construction,
New Holland Agriculture, and New Holland Construction.
http://titanmachinery.com/
Expected
effect
By the end of this event participants will be introduce in work of this
company.
Company visit
Agricultural enterprise “Sava Kovacevic”
Number of
working hours
Type of activity
Short summary
of the content
Bibliography
Expected effect
4
Company visit
With a permanent investment of the new owners, customizing the
product range and with the introduction of modern agro-technical
measures they have become one of the leading agricultural
companies in Serbia.
http://www.savakovacevic.rs/en/
By the end of this event participants will be introduce in work of this
company.