This course provides an introduction to seed and planting materials.
Certifications: Foundation and Practitioner
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Duration: hours
Languages: English
Learners: 0
Who is this for?
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On completion, you should be able to...
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Skills Framework
This course maps to a range of related skills in the Skills for Agriculture Framework (SFA). By completing this course, you will build on the following skills:
United Nations (UN) Sustainability Goals
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recognise that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth.
- Explain the importance of using quality seed and planting materials
- Assess what makes good quality seed and planting materials
- Identify ways to make observations of current seed and planting practice
- For a given situation, recommend improved seed and planting practices
This course is made up of 3 sections:
- Section 1: Describing seed and planting materials
- Section 2: Managing seed and planting materials
- Section 3: Producing seed and planting materials
- Extension workers and agro-input dealers, or anyone advising farmers
- Farmers may also find it useful
- Agricultural students may find the course complementary to their studies
- Join in polls and discussions to learn from others globally
- Access course materials and work through at your own pace
- Gain feedback from automated quizzes and activities to test your knowledge
- Improve critical thinking skills by investigating internet resources
This course aligns with the following sustainability goals:
Selecting Lower Risk Pesticides
Certifications: Foundation and Practitioner
Cost:
Duration: hours
Languages: English
Learners: 0
Who is this for?
What will you learn?
On completion, you should be able to...
Digital learning skills
Skills Framework
This course maps to a range of related skills in the Skills for Agriculture Framework (SFA). By completing this course, you will build on the following skills:
United Nations (UN) Sustainability Goals
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recognise that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth.
- Define risk and how it relates to pesticide use
- Identify country-specific guidelines and regulations for the use of pesticides
- Evaluate how exposure to pesticide hazards can be reduced for humans and the environment
- Recognise the difference between lower-risk and higher-risk pesticides
- Compare the toxicity of pesticides based on available sources of information
This course is made up of 3 sections:
- Section 1: Why and how pesticides have been classified on global, national and local levels
- Section 2: What short-term, immediate and long-term impacts pesticides can have on human health and the environment
- Section 3: How to find and compare information on product labels to inform pesticide selection in terms of risk
- Extension workers and agro-input dealers, or anyone advising farmers
- Farmers may also find it useful
- Agricultural students may find the course complementary to their studies
- Join in polls and discussions to learn from others globally
- Access course materials and work through at your own pace
- Gain feedback from automated quizzes and activities to test your knowledge
- Improve critical thinking skills by investigating internet resources
A short, online course and practical resources for farmer advisors to improve agricultural productivity by delivering gender-sensitive agricultural advisory services.
Certifications: Foundation and Practitioner
Cost:
Duration: hours
Languages: English
Learners: 0
Who is this for?
What will you learn?
On completion, you should be able to...
Digital learning skills
Skills Framework
This course maps to a range of related skills in the Skills for Agriculture Framework (SFA). By completing this course, you will build on the following skills:
United Nations (UN) Sustainability Goals
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recognise that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth.
Section 1: Gender in agriculture
- Identify the roles of men and women in agricultural production
- Identify women as farmers and clients of extension services
- List factors that contribute to the creation of gender gaps in agricultural production
Section 2: Identifying community needs
- Identify the impacts of gender inequality on the community as a whole
- Identify the impacts of low numeracy and literacy levels on access to advisory services and other information
- Identify the benefits of gender-inclusive approaches in agricultural extension service provision
- Apply gender analysis tools to identify the needs of women and men farmers in your community
Section 3: Responding to needs
- Prioritise farmer needs using prioritisation tools and methods
- Use information and communication technologies within your work with women and men in your community
- Identify ways to communicate the importance of gender-sensitive, inclusive advisory approaches to women, men, and other members of the wider community
- Identify potential leaders and agents for change
This course is made up of 3 sections:
- Section 1: Gender concepts
- Section 2: Identifying community needs
- Section 3: Responding to needs
- Extension workers, rural advisors, and agro-input dealers, or anyone advising farmers
- Farmers may also find it useful
- Agricultural students may find the course complementary to their studies
- Join in polls and discussions to learn from others globally
- Access course materials and work through at your own pace
- Gain feedback from automated quizzes and activities to test your knowledge
- Improve critical thinking skills by investigating internet resources
This course aligns with the following sustainability goals:
The course identifies challenges affecting nutrient availability to plants, recommending techniques and practices to sustainably increase yields and incomes for smallholder farmers.
Certifications: Foundation and Practitioner
Cost:
Duration: hours
Languages: English
Learners: 0
Who is this for?
What will you learn?
On completion, you should be able to...
Digital learning skills
Skills Framework
This course maps to a range of related skills in the Skills for Agriculture Framework (SFA). By completing this course, you will build on the following skills:
United Nations (UN) Sustainability Goals
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recognise that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth.
- Outline the connection between crop nutrition and crop yields
- Explain the effects that nutrients and fertilisers may have on pests, non-target organisms and the environment
- Assess possible nutritional issues affecting the health of a farmer’s crops
- Detail processes and techniques for improving crop nutrition
- Recommend an approach to improve the nutritional value of a farmer’s crops
This course is made up of 3 sections:
- Section 1: Principles of crop nutrition
- Section 2: Information gathering
- Section 3: Products and management practices
- Extension workers and agro-input dealers, or anyone advising farmers
- Farmers may also find it useful
- Agricultural students may find the course complementary to their studies
- Join in polls and discussions to learn from others globally
- Access course materials and work through at your own pace
- Gain feedback from automated quizzes and activities to test your knowledge
- Improve critical thinking skills by investigating internet resources
Introductory course exploring how to develop the behaviours and social skills needed to thrive in agribusiness development.
Certifications: Foundation and Practitioner
Cost:
Duration: hours
Languages: English
Learners: 0
Who is this for?
What will you learn?
On completion, you should be able to...
Digital learning skills
Skills Framework
This course maps to a range of related skills in the Skills for Agriculture Framework (SFA). By completing this course, you will build on the following skills:
United Nations (UN) Sustainability Goals
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recognise that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth.
- Create a basic definition of an agribusiness and explain the importance of the key elements essential for its successful operation
- Explain key complexities associated with the following aspects of agribusiness: production, marketing, and financial management
- Evaluate the effectiveness of different agribusiness methods relevant to your chosen context, considering factors such as resource availability, target market, and financial feasibility
- Develop a business plan for your own agribusiness, outlining key sections such as market analysis, financial projections, and marketing strategies
This course is made up of 3 sections:
- Section 1: What is an agribusiness?
- Section 2: Making a successful agribusiness
- Section 3: Your successful agribusiness
- Aspiring agribusiness owner
- New agribusiness owner
- Established agribusiness owner
- Agribusiness educator
- Join in polls and discussions to learn from others globally
- Access course materials and work through at your own pace
- Gain feedback from automated quizzes and activities to test your knowledge
- Improve critical thinking skills by investigating internet resources
Collaborative approaches to improving soil health
Certifications: Foundation and Practitioner
Cost:
Duration: hours
Languages: English
Learners: 0
Who is this for?
What will you learn?
On completion, you should be able to...
Digital learning skills
Skills Framework
This course maps to a range of related skills in the Skills for Agriculture Framework (SFA). By completing this course, you will build on the following skills:
United Nations (UN) Sustainability Goals
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recognise that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth.
- Outline the relationship between soil management, food security and the environment
- Develop knowledge about practical soil health solutions that work on a larger scale to address regional environmental issues
- Evaluate the broader regional context of soil health and advise farmers on practices that suit their individual circumstances
- Facilitate a network of farmers to share and promote effective soil management practices
This course is made up of 3 sections:
- Section 1: Why: Soil health
- Section 2: What: Soil identification and diagnosis
- Section 3: How: Management practices
- Extension workers and agro-input dealers, or anyone advising farmers
- Farmers may also find it useful
- Agricultural students may find the course complementary to their studies
- Join in polls and discussions to learn from others globally
- Access course materials and work through at your own pace
- Gain feedback from automated quizzes and activities to test your knowledge
- Improve critical thinking skills by investigating internet resources
This course aligns with the following sustainability goals:
This course is about efficient and productive water management in (and for) agriculture.
Certifications: Foundation and Practitioner
Cost:
Duration: hours
Languages: English
Learners: 0
Who is this for?
What will you learn?
On completion, you should be able to...
Digital learning skills
Skills Framework
This course maps to a range of related skills in the Skills for Agriculture Framework (SFA). By completing this course, you will build on the following skills:
United Nations (UN) Sustainability Goals
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recognise that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth.
- Recognise that water is limited, and its use can be optimised in both rainfed and irrigated plots
- Explain how much water moves through the soil and crops
- Describe how much water plants require
- Make changes to soil and plot to promote water retention
- Diagnose common plant issues related to water management
- Innovate on context-specific practices based on the principles learned
This course is made up of 3 sections:
- Section 1: Introduction to water management
- Section 2: Rainwater productivity
- Section 3: Irrigation
- Extension workers and agro-input dealers, or anyone advising farmers
- Farmers may also find it useful
- Agricultural students may find the course complementary to their studies
- Join in polls and discussions to learn from others globally
- Access course materials and work through at your own pace
- Gain feedback from automated quizzes and activities to test your knowledge
- Improve critical thinking skills by investigating internet resources
Nature-based pest and disease control
Certifications: Foundation and Practitioner
Cost:
Duration: hours
Languages: English
Learners: 0
Who is this for?
What will you learn?
On completion, you should be able to...
Digital learning skills
Skills Framework
This course maps to a range of related skills in the Skills for Agriculture Framework (SFA). By completing this course, you will build on the following skills:
United Nations (UN) Sustainability Goals
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recognise that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth.
- Read and interpret product labels
- Differentiate between the basic groups of bioprotection products
- Classify bioprotection products according to their mode of action
- Select and apply bioprotection products
- Assess the results of bioprotection products in the field
- Join a network to develop and share best practice within local communities
This course is made up of 3 sections:
- Section 1: Preparing to buy bioprotection products
- Section 2: Choosing and accessing bioprotection products
- Section 3: Using bioprotection products and interpreting results
- Extension workers and agro-input dealers, or anyone advising farmers
- Farmers may also find it useful
- Agricultural students may find the course complementary to their studies
- Join in polls and discussions to learn from others globally
- Access course materials and work through at your own pace
- Gain feedback from automated quizzes and activities to test your knowledge
- Improve critical thinking skills by investigating internet resources