Agriculture and Horticulture – Curriculum for common programme subject in Vg2 (LGA2-02)

The agriculture and horticulture industries play important roles as producers of food, goods and services to a market where demand and framework conditions are constantly changing. Vocational practitioners in agriculture and horticulture face ever-increasing demands for sustainable resource management and environmental-friendly production. This sets requirements for awareness of food quality and certification relating to food and environment. The programme subjects shall provide the basis for professional vocational practice based on a common educational basis for agronomists and market gardeners. The programme subjects shall also help develop skills that are useful in conventional and organic forms of farming/market gardening.

The programme subjects shall arrange for vocational training with particular emphasis on development and restructuring in view of ongoing, both nationally and internationally. The programme subjects shall help develop broad-based competence as a basis for specialisation, as the development of new vocations, branches and methods of production demands. Teaching shall help enable the pupil to develop practical skills and acquire insight into production processes. Teaching shall stimulate creativity and interdisciplinary thinking, and provide the basis for enquiry and reflection.

Teaching shall help develop the pupil’s ability to work independently with practical tasks and to perform under varying natural and climatic conditions. Teaching shall emphasize the significance of cooperation and care for people and the environment. It shall also help to develop an understanding of the connection between one’s own work performance and financial return. Furthermore, teaching shall provide the individual with opportunities to experience excellence and to realise strengths and limitations in connection with vocational practice. Teaching shall therefore cover a variety of productions and activities that represent diversity in the industries, in cooperation with local enterprise. The programme subjects shall provide the basis for further education and training in agriculture and horticulture, or general studies in agriculture, fishing and forestry.