Junta de Andalucía, Centro IFAPA Las Torres
Location
Los Palacios y Villafranca
Educational program name
Entry into the farming business: extensive farming
Language
Spanish
EQF level
3
I-VET / C-VET
C-VET
Modality
Informal
Short Summary
This course trains students to start up a farming business based on intensive agriculture. The following modules are taught: 1) Agrarian business, 2) Associations and marketing, 3) Accounting and introduction to computering, 4) Business relations and labour risk prevention, 5) Soil, nutrition and environment, 6) Water, irrigation and fertilisation, 7) Cultivation techniques, 8) Phytosanitary products applicator. Skilled level
Keywords/Topics
farming business, soil, irrigation, extensive agriculture
Cost
Free
Contact
Certification
Certificate or diploma of attendance and/or achievement
Start date
2022-03-01
Duration
02/09/2022 (270 hours)
Key skill set
Extensive agriculture, running farming businesses
Category
Agricultural business
Entry conditions
No entry conditions
Learning outcomes
What you learn in this course is to start and run a farming business on extensive cultivation: bringing structural improvements to the farm, following and giving advice on agricultural policy and financial depreciation, the tax system, taxes and safety at work. In addition, you will learn knowledge and skills in the agricultural field, such as chemical and physical requirements of crops, soil, plant nutrition, the environment and environmental pollution, soil erosion, water, crop water requirements, irrigation systems, multiplication of plants and techniques of production, harvest management and sale, disease management, pests and weeds, with all related laws aimed at lowering risks to health and environmental impact. In short, it is a very complete knowledge of farm management that allows you to work in a vast field of knowledge