Venue: Bhagya Lakshmi Farm
Programme Type: Full-Day Sustainability Field Investigation
Age Group: 15–16 years
This full-day field investigation uses Bhagya Lakshmi Farm as a structured case study to examine how human survival depends on responsible management of natural systems and resources. The visit is designed as an analytical sustainability enquiry rather than a general farm experience.
Students investigate how agricultural systems function through interconnected components including soil, water, biodiversity, energy, animals and technology. They examine resource inputs and outputs, evaluate environmental impacts and assess whether farming practices demonstrate long-term sustainability.
The academic focus is on:
• Interdependence within natural systems
• Resource management and sustainability
• Cause and consequence
• Evaluation using criteria
• Evidence-based judgement
Students are expected to analyse farming systems critically, distinguish between sustainable and unsustainable practices and construct structured evaluative responses supported by field evidence.
Students will:
• Analyse farming as a complex system of inputs, processes and outputs
• Explain how resource use affects environmental sustainability
• Evaluate ethical dimensions of animal-based production
• Assess technological innovation in sustainable agriculture
• Construct structured analytical and evaluative responses
By the end of the programme, students will be able to:
• Identify key system components within agricultural production
• Explain two environmental pressures affecting farming
• Analyse consequences of unsustainable practices
• Evaluate sustainability using explicit criteria
• Develop a feasible sustainability improvement proposal