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Hi, my name's Russ Tillman, and
I'll be taking this course
on agriculture.
I'm a professor emeritus at
Massey University in New
Zealand, and my original area of
expertise was soil science.
And in the last 40 years, I've
been doing research and
teaching students about the
importance of soils in farming
and about the impact that
farming sometimes has on the
wider environment.
And in this course, we'll be
looking at how agriculture's
practised right around
the world.
And in doing this, we'll start
by looking at the crucial role
that agriculture plays in
feeding the world's
ever-growing population.
And then we'll start to drill
down and look at individual
farms, the different
types of farms that
exist around the world.
And in doing that, we're going
to look at some of the
economic issues, the
environmental issues, and even
the animal welfare issues that
are impacting on those farms.
We'll then move on and have
a look at some of the
sustainability issues that
affect farming, and we'll
finish off by looking at some
of the new, exciting IT
applications that are
transforming modern farming.
So, it doesn't matter whether
you're mainly interested in
outdoors, working with animals,
or you're more
comfortable in a business suit
high up a multi-rise building
conducting international
commerce, or your main
interest is IT.
After you've done this course,
I'm sure you will see that
there's opportunities for
careers in all those areas in
agriculture.
So, I hope you enrol, and
I'll see you then.
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