COURSE FOR FARM ADVISORS "AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK AND CLIMATE CHANGE" SEMI-PRESENTIAL - SEPTEMBER

01 de Septiembre de 2016 00:00 // 02 de Septiembre de 2016 00:00
Descripción

LOCATION: Directorate General for Rural Development and Forestry Policy. Gran Vía de San Francisco 4, 28005 Madrid

DATE: September 1-30

NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 100

DURATION: 50 hours (7 in person, 10 videoconference, 33 online)

Coordination:

Miguel Angel Mena Garrido Email: mamena@magrama.es Telephone: 91 347 37 22

General Subdirectorate of Farm Modernization

Goals:

To update the knowledge of trainers and technicians to support farmers and ranchers in the field of agriculture and climate change.

Training to meet the requirements of the CAP EAFRD regulations on input utilization, energy efficiency, renewable energy, water conservation, waste management, and ICT use.

Provide participants with methodological training to increase their effectiveness as farm advisors in the field of agriculture and climate change.

Addressed to:

Trainers and technicians from various administrations, as well as from professional agricultural organizations, cooperatives and rural associations, rural development groups, and university graduates who work in advising agricultural holdings on the conditionality of direct CAP aid.

COURSE PROGRAM:

Basic concepts

Agriculture, energy consumption and GHG emissions.

Measures to reduce energy consumption and GHG emissions in Spanish agriculture and livestock farming

  • Fertilizers
  • Water and irrigation
  • Energy
  • Soil, labor and mechanization
  • Conservation agriculture
  • Other measures

Good agricultural practices to improve the competitiveness of the agricultural sector in the face of climate change

Case studies

Advice and training

A web-based platform will be available to support the course, offering the following features: videoconferencing, documentation, and work forums.

Working groups may be formed by course attendees to develop practical cases.

No requiere inscripción o la inscripción es externa.

No requiere inscripción o la inscripción es externa.