MEDITERRANEAN ORGANIC AGRICULTURE - MOA
Master
A Casamassima
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Descrizione
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Tipologia
Master
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Luogo
Casamassima
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Durata
Flessible
The main objective of the Master of Science Programme in “Mediterranean Organic Agriculture” is to train graduate agronomists and agricultural engineers to produce innovation in the Mediterranean organic agriculture, creating and maintaining sustainability in the farming system, assisting and contributing to the development of the Organic Sector both at national and regional level. In this framework, further goals are:
- Developing agronomic skills related to practices and techniques of Mediterranean Organic Agriculture production and management;
- Developing skills related to legislation, inspection, certification and labelling of organically-produced food and fibres;
- Building capacity in socio-economic analysis and market strategy for organic agriculture;
- Providing trainees with the necessary tools and expertise to assess agricultural, environmental, and socio-economic opportunities and constraints of organic agriculture in different Mediterranean areas. In the second year, students who have successfully completed the first year and met all the prerequisites set by the Institute, draft a thesis based on experimental research work. The scientific results derived from research work are usually announced on the occasion of International Conferences and/or published in scientific journals.
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Opinioni
Materie
- Management
- Quality
- Harvest
- Organic Crops
- Organic Mediterranean
- Organic Standards
- Legislation
- Global Markets
- Organic Agro-Food Products
- Organic Farming
Programma
- English language. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Criteria for bibliographic research. Statistics. Introduction to organic agriculture, sustainability and agroecology.
Unit II: Organic Livestock Farming and Aquaculture
- The role of ruminants in animal-soil-plant system. Animal feeding based on organic farm production. Main features of the local species in organic animal husbandry. Aquaculture.
Unit III: Soil Fertility Management in Organic Farming
- Impact of fertilization and crop rotation on soil properties and crop growth. On-farm compost production and use. Effect of raw and composted biomass application on soil fertility. Cover crops benefits and disadvantages. Fertilizers allowed in organic agriculture.
Unit IV: Insect, Disease and Weed Management
- The concept and philosophy of pest and disease prevention and control in organic agriculture; techniques for direct control of insects and diseases; organic weeds management.
- Agricultural Policies: specific focus on organic farming support policies in developed and developing countries; socio-economic aspects of organic farming: multiple linkages between organic farming and rural/local development.
- Principles of agro-enterprise; linking organic farmers to global market; marketing of agro-food products and organic products; emerging social economic issues in organic agriculture trade.
Unit VII: Organic Standards and Legislation
- Legislation in the world; International standards and guidelines: IFOAM basic standards, organic regulation in Northern countries (EU, USA, Japan); organic regulation in developing countries; certification and accreditation schemes; mandatory and voluntary regulatory systems; procedures of organic product importation in the EU.
Unit VIII: Organic Mediterranean Commodities Production
- Main Mediterranean crops: olive groves, vegetable crops, fruits trees, viticulture, field crops, cotton in terms of production, management, protection and processing.
Unit IX: Quality, Safety and Post-Harvest Handling of Organic Crops
- International quality award systems; cost-effective quality management; quality improvement; ISO 9000; environmental management system for food safety and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP); technologies applied to organic products in the postharvest phases: storage, processing, cold storage, transportation and packaging; re-use of organic by-products; transportation and packaging; re-use of organic by-products.
Unit X: Individual Project
- Supervised project on different topics of organic management introducing the approach to research in organic farming. Field trials are designed to compare organic crop management systems including organic fertilization, crop association and intercropping, mulching, weed and pest management, crop budgeting.
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