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ORGANIC FARMING EDUCATION WITH SOME NEW APPROACHES – CASE OF SLOVENIA
Martina Bavec
; University of Maribor, Faculty of Agriculture, 30, Vrbanska, Maribor, Slovenia
Silva Grobelnik Mlakar
; University of Maribor, Faculty of Agriculture, 30, Vrbanska, Maribor, Slovenia
Karmen Pažek
; University of Maribor, Faculty of Agriculture, 30, Vrbanska, Maribor, Slovenia
Črtomir Rozman
; University of Maribor, Faculty of Agriculture, 30, Vrbanska, Maribor, Slovenia
László Radics
; Univerzitet Corvinis, Budimpešta, Hungary
Zita Szalai
; Univerzitet Corvinis, Budimpešta, Hungary
Franc Bavec
; University of Maribor, Faculty of Agriculture, 30, Vrbanska, Maribor, Slovenia
Sažetak
Official, inspected and certified organic farming started in Slovenia in 1998 and almost one decade later we have the first accredited Organic farming study programme on B.Sc. professional level at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maribor. It is also possible to continue the study programme on master and PhD level, too. At the moment there is no special programme for organic farming on the secondary education level, but there are some courses on organic farming on this level. Almost all agricultural schools have nowadays part of their estates converted to organic farming and one of them converted the whole estate (Kranj). Getting also a very some practical knowledge is important part of new study programmes in Slovenia. On the other hand there is lack of new knowledge on organic farming among farmers and especially among agricultural advisors. Based on this, the Leonardo da Vinci pilot project the central data bank has been established on European level for the education of ecological farming advisers. Knowledge and education centres at eight partner institutions have been developed. Collection of the basis of ecological farming knowledge is on a joint server called Ecolibrary. The Knowledge centres disseminate collected database to advisers and other interested groups in the frame of e-learning training courses based on the mutually developed education material that would be adapted to the given ecological, technological, social, national and economical circumstances of the partners.
14 modules have been developed: (i) ecological farming, (ii) EU and national cultural knowledge, (iii) marketing, quality control, communication abilities, (iv) advising knowledge, (v) plant growing, (vi) animal husbandry, (vii) plant protection, (viii) post harvest, storage and processing, (ix) horticulture, (x) agricultural regulations and programs, (xi) conversion to ecological farming, (xii) management and planning of organic farms, (xiii) inspection and certification of ecological farms, (xiv) soil fertility, fertilizing and composting. Training of advisers takes 14 weeks to 6 months depending on the level of preliminary education. The participating advisers will get access to the on-line system, receive education material weekly, and be examined by test and will have tasks controlled regularly by a tutor. They can perform and finish the training in 14 weeks; the shortest and the longest training period is 6 months. The graduated advisers receive a certificate on finishing the training programme. It is possible to disseminate this project in Croatia and some other interested countries. Based on three international summer schools Erasmus Socrates “Alternatives for organic crop production” in the years 2003, 2005 and 2007 in Maribor, new activities are going on, such as “double degree” with University of Kassel and preparation of Erasmus Mundus M.Sc. study programme on Organic farming with international partners.
Ključne riječi
advisors; e-learning; organic farming; study programme
Hrčak ID:
33609
URI
Datum izdavanja:
12.1.2009.
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