2020 SJTU Global Summer School -- Precision Agriculture and the Future

 

 

Duration

Jul.10- Jul.24, 2020

Mon - Fri 9:00-16:30

 

 

Eligibility

Students from overseas, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macao must be enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student prior to applying for this program

 

 

Fee

International travel expense: on one's own

Tuition: CNY 5,400 (USD 760)

Lodging fee: on one's own, around CNY 3,000 (USD 420)

 

＊Tuition waiver condition: participants from SJTU or SAB agreement cooperative universities or institutes are exempt from tuition fee; students excellent academic performance or from prominent universities or institutions can be exempt from tuition fee.

＊Lodging fee waiver condition: few students with excellent academic performance can be exempt from lodging fee.

 

 

Credit

2 credits/2 weeks

 

 

Course Description

This course aims at introducing precision agriculture research and application in China to participants and further to the world, including the development, current status, and the future of Chinese and Shanghai's precision agriculture. The goal is to show an overview of precision agriculture's development and discuss the potentials in the future.

 

 

Highlights

- The summer school courses take different forms such as lectures and field trips, to give an overview of the development and application of precision agriculture in Shanghai, China.

 

- The lectures are elaborated by agricultural experts who have rich overseas education, working or teaching experiences, offering a professional course design.

 

- Culture elements are woven into the lectures and field trips, in order to help the participants to comprehend the background information and development condition of China, Chinese agriculture, and precision agriculture development here.

 

- By the end of this 2-week study experiences, students should have basic knowledge and understanding of the rich history, flourishing present, and bright future of precision agriculture in Shanghai, China.

 

 

Syllabus

Time					7.10	7.11	7.12
AM					Opening Ceremony	Free Activity or Two day Excursion (Optional)
PM					Ice-breaking activities
Time	7.13	7.14	7.15	7.16	7.17	7.18	7.19
AM	Cultural Awareness: Comparison of Chinese Culture and Western Culture	Metropolitan's Ecological Approach: Coupling Development with Urbanism and Urban Forestry in Shanghai (Assoc. Prof. Shan YIN)	Chinese Food Philosophy and Tea Culture (Assoc. Prof. Yi SHENG)	Application of Eco-informatics in Urban Green Space (Assoc. Prof. Nan HUI)	Shanghai Museum (Field Trip)	Free Activity or Two day Excursion (Optional)
PM	Research and Development of Fertigation in Greenhouse Vegetable Production (Prof. Danfeng HUANG)	Shanghai Urban Forest Research Station-Zhongshan Park Monitoring Station (Field Trip)	Chinese Language and Culture Lecture Series (1)	Science and Wisdom behind Traditional Chinese Foods (Assistant Researcher Wei LU)	China Art Museum (Field Trip)
Time	7.20	7.21	7.22	7.23	7.24
AM	A True Story about Food Safety in China (Prof. Chunlei SHI)	Challenges and Opportunities for Tree Fruit Precision Cultivation (Prof. Caixi ZHANG)	Digital Agriculture and Its Application across the Whole Production Chain (Assoc. Prof. Jingjin ZHANG)	Food Processing and Preservation Technologies (Assoc. Prof. Shunshan JIAO)	The History, Development, Challenge of Chinese Wine and Wine Tasting (Assistant Researcher Yu GAO)
PM	Bright Dairy & Food Co. Visiting (Agricultural Industry Visiting)	Chinese Language and Culture Lecture Series (2)	Sunqiao Modern Agricultural Park: Plant Factory, Phenotype Platform, Greenhouse Cultivation (Field Trip)	Chen Shan Botanic Garden (Field Trip)	Final Presentation (Teamwork)

 

Application

Online application：http://apply.sjtu.edu.cn

Application deadline: Apr. 30

Payment deadline: May. 29

 

Contact

Program Director:

Jiaoyue LIU (Ms.) (liujiaoyue@sjtu.edu.cn)

Program Coordinator:

Dan WANG (Ms.) (danwang17@sjtu.edu.cn)

Lisa Wang (Ms.) (zhihaowang_lisa@163.com)