Free Training Course for Farmers Seeking to Improve Production Efficiency

The team of authors and developers of the training course note that the programme is designed for farmers and managers of agricultural enterprises who are looking for modern technological solutions to improve production efficiency. It will also be useful for young farmers, students of agricultural specialties, consultants and advisors who support farms in the transition to more sustainable operating models, representatives of international support programmes, and specialists working on the development of the agricultural sector.

The training programme «Sustainable Farming: technologies, profitability, innovation» consists of 24 video lectures and is available on the Prometheus platform.

• The course programme covers key topics necessary to form a holistic vision of modern farming. It explores global trends in sustainable development, the impact of climate change on agricultural production, and the specific features of these processes in Ukraine and worldwide.
• A separate block is devoted to soil health and fertility: soil functions, degradation risks, organic matter, density, salinity, structure, restoration of soil properties, and pollution issues.
• The course also examines the basic technologies of sustainable farming, including modern tillage systems, No-till, Mini-till, Strip-till, organic, regenerative and biodynamic agriculture.
• Significant attention is paid to integrated soil and crop management, crop nutrition, biological risks, non-chemical approaches to land resource management, and biological methods of plant protection.
• Separate modules are dedicated to the economics of sustainable farming, digital farm management tools, cost control, international experience, practical case studies from Ukraine, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, as well as assessment and monitoring tools, including remote monitoring, satellite data and the use of UAVs.

Course language: Ukrainian, with English subtitles.

A certificate is provided upon completion of the course.

Go to the course «Sustainable Farming: technologies, profitability, innovation.»

For reference: the project is implemented within the framework of the UK-Ukraine 100-Year Partnership Programme with the aim of strengthening capacities in the field of sustainable agriculture, with the support of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of the UK Government (DEFRA). The course is a joint initiative of the Royal Agricultural University (RAU, United Kingdom), Sumy National Agrarian University (SNAU, Ukraine) and the Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH, Switzerland), in partnership with the NGO «Green Agro Solutions»(Ukraine).