Assessment 3 field trip re... Home: CIA Workplace Topic MyTimetable A Allocate+ Student Assessment Assessment 3 requires that you apply your understanding and critical analysis skills to address the broad topic of whether sustainable food and fibre production systems can be designed to meet the needs of an increasing population. You need to use information you have gained from two of the three field trips. In this assessment task, you are required to: 'Compare and contrast two of the agribusinesses visited during the field trips as they relate to the concepts of a managed ecosystem and sustainability principles (environmental, social and economic). Are the agribusinesses sustainable as presently operating? Use examples from the field trip and the literature to support your answer.' You should prepare a written report of around 2000 words and include some appropriate references. To remain within the recommended word count, it is suggested that you restrict your analysis of the environmental sustainability to two of the following areas. This permits a more in-depth analysis of environmental sustainability: biodiversity and stability • energy and productivity • nitrogen cycle (maintenance of fertility) • detritus cycles/soil organic carbon • the hydrological cycle (managing water resources) Note, however, that you are still required to analyse economic and social sustainability at the two agribusinesses. It will be important to take detailed notes during the field trips, for use as examples to support your analysis of the topic. Feel free to include photos in your report water resources) Mucates Student Note, however, that you are still required to analyse economic and social sustainability at the two agribusinesses. It will be important to take detailed notes during the field trips, for use as examples to support your analysis of the topic. Feel free to include photos in your report Structure You are free to structure the report in a way that makes sense to you. Two suggested ways are: 1. You could start with a section giving an overview of the two enterprises, and then compare them under headings of economic, social, and environmental sustainability 2. Or you could instead review the first enterprise under each of these headings, and then the second one, and compare the two in your conclusion An abstract or synopsis is not required for the report, but you will need to include a conclusion giving your overall perspective on how the two operations you choose compare, and whether you ultimately believe they are sustainable. Also, you could include any overall recommendations that you have for the businesses. Feel free to include photos in your report (although they won't affect your grade). Referencing Although this is a field trip report rather than an essay, you are still required to reference your sources of information. You do not have to repeatedly reference the same source - for example, you could start a paragraph along these lines: "The current owner and manager of Leap Farm, lain Field, outlined several aspects of their herd management principles as follow "and then not mention the source again until you change source Assessm ö Referencing Although this is a field trip report rather than an essay, you are still required to reference your sources of information. You do not have to repeatedly reference the same source - for example, you could start a paragraph along these lines: "The current owner and manager of Leap Farm, lain Field, outlined several aspects of their herd management principles, as follow..... and then not mention the source again until you change source. The "personal communication" mode of referencing is often used for information that is obtained verbally or not from a published source (such as information directly from the growers we met). Details on how to use this referencing type is found here . It is more common to use that for single sources within a report or paper when you are mostly using published sources. Given the field report will have a great deal of content from the farm managers we spoke to, it is OK to simply state the persons name at the start of a paragraph. Your other information sources should be used to support your content and should also be referenced (in-text citation, plus details in the reference list) using the APA 7th edition style. Assessment You can find the assessment rubric here (docx, 18.5KB), which will be used to grade your report. You will not be penalized being higher or lower than the recommended 2000 word count.