- Make your farm more sustainable, economically and environmentally sustainable.
- Discover new ways to improve farm sustainability
- Improve your career prospects in the agriculture industry; as a farmer, farm worker, consultant, teacher or working in a farm supply or service business
Sustainability in Agriculture has become increasingly important over recent times. It is no longer sufficient to just be productive and the cost of production is no longer just thought of in terms of money. The environmental resources of a farm as well as the financial must not deteriorate if a farm is to continue to exist into the future.
Course Aims:
- Explain the broad possibilities for improving sustainability on farms.
- Explain how to avoid serious degradation of soils on a farm through sustainable management.
- Explain the broad possibilities for improving sustainability on farms.
- Explain how to avoid too serious degradation of soils on a farm through water management.
- Discuss Economic Rules that apply to a farm Enterprise.
- Crop management techniques for sustainability.
- Minimising degradation through planning and management.
- Evaluate the financial viability and potential of animal enterprises.
There are 8 lessons in this course:
1. Introduction
2. Soils
3. Water
4. Land Care
5. Financial Sustainability
6. Broad Management Strategies
7. Plant Enterprises
8. Animal Enterprises