Integrated Organic Farm Course

The Integrated Organic Farm Course has been developed to meet high academic standards and farmer requirement, ensuring that as a graduate you can display with satisfaction the Organic Farmer Certificate you will earn from us!

Aims

  • Select suitable organic management systems for different organic farms based on proper conditions.
  • To develop self-sufficient agriculture system which would rely as much as possible upon resources from within its own resources
  • Explain the role of living organisms and decomposing organic matter in creating and maintaining an appropriate soil condition for successful organic farming.

Topics covered in the Integrated Organic Farmer Course include the following:

  1. Introduction to Organic Farming
    • History
    • Overview
  2. Integrated Farm Management Systems
    • Green house
    • Constructed wetland
    • Irrigation theory and practice
    • Waste management
    • Water management
  3. Organic Soil Management
    • Composting (3 month)
    • Raised bed (1 month)
    • Mulching
    • Bokashi
    • Biochar
    • Rotation design (cover crop)
  4. Crop Nutrition
    • Eco-enzyme
    • Indigenous Micro Organism (IMO)
    • Fish Amino Acid (FAA)
    • Organic pesticide/Bio Pesticide
  5. Livestock Management
    • Poultry (6 month)
      • Chicken
      • Quail
      • Duck
    • Aquaculture (6 month)
    • Black soldier fly (BSF) (1 month)
    • Others (Goat, Cow, Rabbit)
  6. Crops
    • Paddy (System of Rice Intensification) (6 month)
    • Peanut (4 month)
    • Maize (3 month)
    • Leafy vegetables (1 ½ month)
    • Cultural practices (trellising/pruning/etc)
    • Tillage & No-till farming
    • Harvest & post-harvest handling
    • Crop by crop details
  7. Urban farming
    • Aquaphonics (Siphon system, NFT system, DWC system)
    • Vertical farming
    • Regrow food scrap
  8. Organic Management Issues
    • Certification
    • Recording
    • Promoting & Marketing
  9. Starting Your Own Organic Farm
    • What? Where? How? Why? $?
    • Starting Small, Renting Land, Buying Organic Land or Non-Organic Land to Convert
    • Business Plan (Budgeting)
    • Getting Certified and Dealing with Regulations
    • Sourcing Needed Equipment and Supplies
    • Timeline & schedule
  10. Post-harvest
    • Handling
    • Processing
    • Labelling
    • Storage
    • Quality management
  11. General
    • Mechanics
    • Carpentry
    • Equipment Operation & Safety
    • Research & Development
    • Health & Hygiene
    • Healthy Cooking