Organic Farming 100 Hours Certificate Course
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Organic Farming course online. Home Study - Distance Learning - Organic Farming. Become a successful organic farmer! Organic farming has been growing in popularity, with farmers adopting it for economic, ethical or sustainability reasons there is no doubt that this method of farming is set to stay.
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Discuss the scope and nature of organic farming in today?s world.
Select appropriate organic management systems for different organic farms.
Understand the environmental, economic and political issues concerning organic farming.
Explain the role of living organisms and decomposing organic matter in creating and maintaining an appropriate soil condition for successful organic farming.
Contrive and apply appropriate weed management practices for an organic farm.
Select and apply appropriate pest and disease management practices for both animal and plant production on an organic farm
Design an appropriate system for organic production of cattle, sheep and pigs.
Design an appropriate system for organic production of poultry and other miscellaneous animals.
Design an appropriate system for organic pasture management.
Explain the broad-acre organic production of a grain or legume crop.
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Subjects
- Farming
- Organic Farming
Course programme
There are 10 lessons:
- Introduction to Organic Farming
- Scope
- Nature
- History
- Types of organic farming
- Integrated Farm Management System
- rotation design
- Cash crops
- Managing waste
- Permaculture
- Polyculture
- Biodynamics etc
- Organic Management Issues
- Certification
- Environmental concerns
- Marketing
- PR
- Organic Soil Management and Crop Nutrition
- Composting
- Mulching
- Green manuring
- Over crops
- Organic fertilisers
- Weed Management
- Selecting appropriate techniques of control
- Weed identification
- Pest and Disease Management
- Selecting appropriate techniques of control
- Weed identification
- Livestock Management I
- Beef
- Dairy
- Sheep
- Pigs
- Livestock Management II
- Poultry
- Goats
- Alpacas
- Ostriches
- Deer
- Pasture
- Pasture Varieties
- Management Principles
- Intensive systems
- Nitrogen fixation
- Correct seed mix
- Risks with legumes
- Crops
- Wheat
- Plant Fibre
- Hay and Silage
- Mung Beans
- Sesame seed, etc
Organic Farming 100 Hours Certificate Course