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	An introduction to tropical agriculture for working with resource-poor farmers. Topics include the&nbsp;scientific basis behind successful low cost techniques, a survey of major tropical crops and their requirements, and on-site practical work. Selected issues in Christian missions and in community development, and some urban gardening and small animal techniques are also covered. Taught in a rural, mountainous village in Costa Rica in collaboration with a Christian organization aiding redevelopment after an earthquake, with several trips to different ecosystem regions of Costa Rica. (4 credits; 100 contact hours)</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">
	Mon-Fri; Field, Applied, Interdisciplinary<br />
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<h2>
	<a name="Tropical Agriculture"></a>Conservation and Development in the India Tropics (Biol 367) - India</h2>
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	An introduction to conservation,&nbsp;historical and ongoing development, and comparative analysis of coastal ecosystems, the plains and montane tropical ecosystems of the Western Ghats. The course is taught on-site at a variety of ecosystem preserves and national parks in India. Topics include tropical ecosystem&nbsp;structure and function, adaptations of flora and fauna, biodiversity surveys, past and present human interactions with the landscape, and autoecology of selected plant and animal species. (4 credits; 120 contact hours)</p>
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	Mon-Fri; Field, Applied, Interdisciplinary<br />
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	Mon-Fri; Field, Interdisciplinary<br />
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<h2>
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<p style="text-align: right;">
	Mon-Fri; Field, Interdisciplinary<br />
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<p style="text-align: right;">
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<h2>
	<a name="Tropical Agriculture"></a>Tropical Agriculture and Missions (Biol/Agric/Geog 343) - Costa Rica</h2>
<p>
	An introduction to tropical agriculture for working with resource-poor farmers. Topics include the&nbsp;scientific basis behind successful low cost techniques, a survey of major tropical crops and their requirements, and on-site practical work. Selected issues in Christian missions and in community development, and some urban gardening and small animal techniques are also covered. Taught in a rural, mountainous village in Costa Rica in collaboration with a Christian organization aiding redevelopment after an earthquake, with several trips to different ecosystem regions of Costa Rica. (4 credits; 100 contact hours)</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">
	Mon-Fri; Field, Applied, Interdisciplinary<br />
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	&nbsp;</p>
<h2>
	<a name="Tropical Agriculture"></a>Conservation and Development in the India Tropics (Biol 367) - India</h2>
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	An introduction to conservation,&nbsp;historical and ongoing development, and comparative analysis of coastal ecosystems, the plains and montane tropical ecosystems of the Western Ghats. The course is taught on-site at a variety of ecosystem preserves and national parks in India. Topics include tropical ecosystem&nbsp;structure and function, adaptations of flora and fauna, biodiversity surveys, past and present human interactions with the landscape, and autoecology of selected plant and animal species. (4 credits; 120 contact hours)</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">
	Mon-Fri; Field, Applied, Interdisciplinary<br />
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