Organic farming: Production, regulations, advice and marketing (MOOC)
Description
The aim of this course is to provide an overview of the regulation of organic agricultural production and the basic foundations of this type of production.
COORDINATOR: Cecilia Bretal Koenig bzn-Plan-Formacion@mapa.es
OBJECTIVES: To improve the training in organic farming of technicians who work directly with the agricultural sector. To offer an overview of the implications and potential of the transformation to organic farming for both farm advisors and farmers who are interested in this.
TARGET AUDIENCE: Active farm advisors and professionals interested in developing in this field. Personnel from Regional Agricultural Offices, Professional Agricultural Organizations, cooperatives.
CONTENTS :
• Introduction to organic production: bases and characterization of organic production
• Regulations and control in the European Union: regulations, bases of official control and interventions of the PEPAC 2023-2027
• Practical advice on organic farming: examples
• Integrated pest management
• Entrepreneurship and marketing of organic production.
