The course provides the basic concepts of Agriculture that are directly related to Agricultural Science with the aim of understanding the operation of the soil-plant-environment system, while emphasizing on the cultivation of large-scale crops, on both theoretical and practical level. In particular, the course of General Agriculture presents the development and evolution of Agriculture both on a global and domestic scale, highlighting its importance in human life. It includes principles of Plant Physiology, Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. It presents in detail soil and climatic factors that affect growth, development and adaptability of plant species and especially of large-scale crops. It stresses the importance of fertilizing and nourishing plants. At the same time, it provides the necessary knowledge about cultivation systems and how to perform them, including the required agrotechnical treatments from germination to harvesting, processing, preservation and assessment of the quality of the produced product.

Upon successful completion of the course student will be able to:

• Know the purpose and usefulness of the most important cultivated plants
• Recognize the main plants of large cultivation based on their morphological characteristics
• Understand the structure and function of plants
• Know the planning of the agricultural production of large crop plants in the appropriate soil and climatic conditions in order to lead to successful cultivation.
• Understand the effects of the environment on plant growth and growth (climate, soil, biotic factors)
• Acquire the necessary knowledge about the importance of fertilizing and nourishing plants
• Acquire the necessary knowledge for the expected crop yield, the technical equipment used for the cultivation (from sowing to harvesting) of crop plants as well as the ways, problems and conditions of storage of production.
• Know the cultivation systems and the new trends in Agriculture