GENERIC MODULE: QUALIFICATION OF TECHNICIANS IN INTEGRATED PRODUCTION OF AGRICULTURAL AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS

Contents

• Basic concepts of Integrated Production: concept and objectives of Integrated Production; problems with conventional plant protection; evolution of pest control; ecological foundations of integrated protection.

• Integrated Production farm management: operator obligations and control, declarations, farm logbook; batch registration; product identification; corrective measures; IT management; quality control and traceability; certification and audits.
  
• Handling of the PRIN Mobile software application for registering farms in integrated production.
  
• Agronomic techniques in Integrated Production: land preparation and planting; nutrition; fertilization; irrigation technology; soil management; pruning; harvesting; post-harvest treatments; machinery operation; other cultural practices.
  
• Livestock farming techniques in integrated production: description of facilities; housing and pens; livestock types; animal identification methods; operating systems; corrective measures; IT management; quality control and traceability; certification and audits.
  
• Integrated pest and disease control: biological cycles, intervention criteria, biological, biotechnical, and cultural control; chemical control; application equipment; toxicology and pesticide residues; phytosanitary regulations.
  
• Prevention of occupational and environmental risks.
  
• Current regulations on Integrated Production: current situation in Andalusia, Spain and the European Union.

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