Agroecology
Although the farming Traditional continues to feed us every day, we know with certainty that the future of its production goes through a reconversion and change if we want to preserve natural resources and the environment.
First, for an unstoppable reality; the increase in world population is being radical, and, as a consequence, there will be many mouths to feed in an agricultural ecosystem that, from the current perspective, will not support the demand for food.
If to this we add the negative effects of conventional agriculture that it is currently having on natural resources; such as water, soil, and biodiversity or climate uncertainties. We have a pretty dangerous cocktail if the human race wants to survive a future that is far from clear.
So we need a transition to sustainable food and agriculture systems…
Agroecology online course
To try to fix all the negative factors of conventional agriculture, enter the study of science agroecology or the ecological processes applied to agricultural production systems with the intention of promoting a food production that respects natural resources, and, in turn, can provide sufficient and necessary food for the world's population.
The free agroecology course It is taught by the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) of Argentina that begins next month and is completely online. Initially, the training is a project developed in France, by the National Institute of Higher Agronomic Studies of Montpellier (SupAgro) that INTA has worked to adapt it with content in a Latin American approach.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) highlights the importance of this issue in the 10 elements of agroecology that are interconnected.
To review, two topics of interest and related published on this same website:
- The importance of the circular economy
- What is degrowth theory
Course objectives
In this virtual course you will discover what is agroecology, what are your different goals from the perspective of agronomy, ecology and social sciences, and how they translate into agricultural practices.
Participants will learn to analyze and describe specific implementation situations, identify agroecological practices in their immediate environment and specify processes and methods of agroecological "transition" towards non-aggressive procedures.
Is online training on agroecology It is built as a dynamic of participatory training, based on the social and geographical diversity of the participants. The course is in MOOC format (Massive Online Open Courses - open to everyone) to take it remotely.
Course syllabus
The duration of the course is 6 weeks and it is made up of 5 topics - units that will be progressively enabled as instructed by the teachers. It is not necessary to have specific prior training to enroll in the training
1.- Unit: The emergence of agroecology
- Environmental impacts of agricultural modernization
- The socioeconomic impacts of agricultural modernization
- The cultural impacts of agricultural modernization
2.- Unit: The different approaches to agroecology
- Scientific approaches to agroecology
- Agroecological practices
3.- Unit: Practical implementations of agroecology
- Horticultural implementation
- Agroecology and agroforestry
- Agroecology and livestock
- Agroecology and associated cultures
4.- Unit: The agroecological transition
- Understand conversion processes in organic farming
- Agricultural policies and agroecological transition
- Accompanying the agroecological transition
5.- Unit 5: Carrying out a mini-interview
Those who are interested in it free agroecology coursea and receive more information or join the training, you can consult by clicking HERE (There is a new edition in 2022) By the way, another course that we comment and of interest is that of geographical analysis of natural risks by the University of Alicante.
Note: Apparently and as we have verified, within the registration page that we reviewed previously. When accessing the registration link, the browser throws an error “the connection is not private”. Although it can actually be accessed, we advise you to send an email to the course staff - [email protected] to verify your registration.
