Agriculture

Applied agriculture is designed to stimulate students' interest in and

enjoyment of primary production in agriculture. It aims to help students:

• understanding the relationships between consumer requirements and sustainable primary production,
• recognise and understand the biological, environmental and economic principles involved in the production of marketable primary produce, and to apply these principles to selected examples,
• recognise and understand the value and importance of sustainable primary production principles to the Pacific Islands,
• understand the regulatory controls that affect primary production,
• apply scientific methods in a local field and laboratory studies of selected types of primary production
• foster a continuing interest in primary production and an awareness of the diverse vocational opportunities in agriculture.