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Organic Arable Farming
| Start date: | Any |
| Duration: | Up to 18 months |
| Formal prerequisite: | None |
| Certificate awarded: | Yes |
| Fee: | £195.00 |
Covering all aspects of Arable farming using organic techniques. Extensively covering soil and nutrients, crop rotation, weed managment and the control of pest and diseases in organic systems.
| Lesson 1 | Introduction and brief history of organic farming; why organic farming? Introduction to soil structure, organic matter, soil organisms; the living soil; drainage; cultivation. |
| Lesson 2 | Nutrient cycling in natural ecosystems, agricultural systems, organic farms; specific plant nutrients and requirements; nutrient managment; management of manures,slurry and organic residues. |
| Lesson 3 | Crop rotations; polyculture systems; fertility building; rotation design; crops within the rotation; stockless rotations; problem of rotations. |
| Lesson 4 | Weed management; weed ecology; cultural control practices; direct intervention techniques; biological weed control; integrated weed management. |
| Lesson 5 | Pest and disease management; causes of pest problems; self-regulation in organic systems; cultural control of pest and diseases; direct pest and disease control methods; pest management in grain storage; integrated pest management in organic farming; specific pest and diseases. |
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