Course title | Quality, Processing and Market of Bioproducts |
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Course code | KAES/QKZOB |
Organizational form of instruction | Lecture |
Level of course | Bachelor |
Year of study | 3 |
Semester | Winter and summer |
Number of ECTS credits | 4 |
Language of instruction | Czech, English |
Status of course | Compulsory |
Form of instruction | unspecified |
Work placements | unspecified |
Recommended optional programme components | None |
Course availability | The course is available to visiting students |
Lecturer(s) |
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Course content |
Definition of basic terminology. Organic farming, IFOAM, European and Czech directives. Control of organic productive procedures. Certification process. Quality of organic production. Sensoric value. Nutritive, hygienic quality, comparison of organic and conventional production. Act on foodstuffs. Analysis of dangers of new foodstuff technologies (HACCP). Processing of organic products, requirements on technological equipment. Question of foreign elements and its detection. Economy and marketing of organic production. Specific forms of distribution.
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Learning activities and teaching methods |
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
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Learning outcomes |
The subject aims to explain the basis of organic production, difference between organic productive methods, control, processing and distributive methods and conventional food production, evaluation of quality indicators and difference in qualitative parametres between organic and conventional production.
Graduates of the subject have basic knowledge in the organic food processing and marketing. |
Prerequisites |
Basic knowledge about food comodities. Basic knowledge in organic farming.
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Assessment methods and criteria |
Test
Active participation on the seminars Writing of a short project. |
Recommended literature |
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Study plans that include the course |
Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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Faculty: Faculty of Agriculture and Technology | Study plan (Version): Sustainable Systems in Agricultural Land (2010) | Category: Agriculture and forestry | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
Faculty: Faculty of Agriculture and Technology | Study plan (Version): Agricultural Ecology (2013) | Category: Agriculture and forestry | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter |
Faculty: Faculty of Agriculture and Technology | Study plan (Version): Agribussines (2014) | Category: Agriculture and forestry | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter |