{"id":27,"date":"2019-06-27T01:30:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T01:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frangipani-natural-farms.com\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2019-07-12T04:54:53","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T04:54:53","slug":"integrated-organic-farm-course","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/frangipani-natural-farms.com\/?page_id=27","title":{"rendered":"Integrated Organic Farm Course"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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!<\/p>\n

Aims<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

    Topics covered in the Integrated Organic Farmer Course include the following:<\/p>\n

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    1. Introduction to Organic Farming<\/strong>\n
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      • History<\/li>\n
      • Overview<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • Integrated Farm Management Systems<\/strong>\n
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        • Green house<\/li>\n
        • Constructed wetland<\/li>\n
        • Irrigation theory and practice<\/li>\n
        • Waste management<\/li>\n
        • Water management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • Organic Soil Management<\/strong>\n
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          • Composting (3 month)<\/li>\n
          • Raised bed (1 month)<\/li>\n
          • Mulching<\/li>\n
          • Bokashi<\/li>\n
          • Biochar<\/li>\n
          • Rotation design (cover crop)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
          • Crop Nutrition<\/strong>\n
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            • Eco-enzyme<\/li>\n
            • Indigenous Micro Organism (IMO)<\/li>\n
            • Fish Amino Acid (FAA)<\/li>\n
            • Organic pesticide\/Bio Pesticide<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
            • Livestock Management<\/strong>\n
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              • Poultry (6 month)\n
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                • Chicken<\/li>\n
                • Quail<\/li>\n
                • Duck<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                • Aquaculture (6 month)<\/li>\n
                • Black soldier fly (BSF) (1 month)<\/li>\n
                • Others (Goat, Cow, Rabbit)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                • Crops<\/strong>\n
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                  • Paddy (System of Rice Intensification) (6 month)<\/li>\n
                  • Peanut (4 month)<\/li>\n
                  • Maize (3 month)<\/li>\n
                  • Leafy vegetables (1 \u00bd month)<\/li>\n
                  • Cultural practices (trellising\/pruning\/etc)<\/li>\n
                  • Tillage & No-till farming<\/li>\n
                  • Harvest & post-harvest handling<\/li>\n
                  • Crop by crop details<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                  • Urban farming<\/strong>\n
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                    • Aquaphonics (Siphon system, NFT system, DWC system)<\/li>\n
                    • Vertical farming<\/li>\n
                    • Regrow food scrap<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                    • Organic Management Issues<\/strong>\n
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                      • Certification<\/li>\n
                      • Recording<\/li>\n
                      • Promoting & Marketing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                      • Starting Your Own Organic Farm<\/strong>\n
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                        • What? Where? How? Why? $?<\/li>\n
                        • Starting Small, Renting Land, Buying Organic Land or Non-Organic Land to Convert<\/li>\n
                        • Business Plan (Budgeting)<\/li>\n
                        • Getting Certified and Dealing with Regulations<\/li>\n
                        • Sourcing Needed Equipment and Supplies<\/li>\n
                        • Timeline & schedule<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                        • Post-harvest<\/strong>\n
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                          • Handling<\/li>\n
                          • Processing<\/li>\n
                          • Labelling<\/li>\n
                          • Storage<\/li>\n
                          • Quality management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                          • General<\/strong>\n
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                            • Mechanics<\/li>\n
                            • Carpentry<\/li>\n
                            • Equipment Operation & Safety<\/li>\n
                            • Research & Development<\/li>\n
                            • Health & Hygiene<\/li>\n
                            • Healthy Cooking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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