Mechanization of Agricultural Processes

To know the basic technologies underlying the mechanized agricultural processes. To analyze and quantify the main parameters of agricultural processes at farm scale.
To provide the basic methodology and the interpretation key for the application of the advanced information technogies in the production contexts of the agri-environmental enterprises; this even underlying the related interactions with the farm machinery set.

To identify and describe the principles behind the technologies used in mechanized agricultural processes. To assess, analyze and quantify the characteristic parameters of plants and machinery for the agricultural processes in function of specific needs. To set and solve simple numerical logistics problems at farm scale.
To evaluate technical performances of the different components of an information system to be used within an agricultural context. Practical skillness in the integrated use of GIS and GPS technologies for farm management purposes. Acquisition of a information-oriented competence to design and manage an information system.