Junta de Andalucía, Centro IFAPA Alameda del Obispo
Location
Córdoba
Educational program name
Advanced specialisation course in olive growing
Language
Spanish
EQF level
3
I-VET / C-VET
C-VET
Modality
Informal
Short Summary
Advanced course on olive groves management, open to international students. Many practical contents are included. Topics:
- The olive tree as a plant. Annual cycle. Olive growing in the world.
- Botany and morphology. Flowering, fruiting and ripening.
- Propagation methods and plant certification.
- Genetic improvement programmes and breeding of new varieties. World Germplasm Bank.
- The growing environment. Climate, soil.
- Planting design and execution.
- Pruning techniques and types of pruning.
- Soil management and erosion defence systems.
- Nutrition and diagnosis of needs.
- Fertilisation techniques to reduce inputs.
- Water requirements and irrigation systems. Deficit irrigation techniques. Use of poor quality water.
- Use of by-products as amendments.
- Management of adventitious flora.
- Pests and diseases.
- Means of application of phytosanitary treatments.
- Integrated and ecological production.
- Machinery for harvesting and application of phytosanitary products.
- Precision olive growing.
Keywords/Topics
agriculture, olive tree groves
Cost
Free
Contact
Certification
Certificate or diploma of attendance and/or achievement
Start date
2022-09-12
Duration
11/10/2022 (150 hours)
Key skill set
Olive groves management
Category
Crop and livestock production
Entry conditions
Professionals in the olive sector with experience in positions of technical or managerial responsibility and people with university degrees who can join the sector
Learning outcomes
High learning outcomes and very detailed skills, which allow them to work in farms dealing with olive growing and give high-level advice as their knowledge ranges to 360 degrees