Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / NewStats: 3,194,407 members, 7,954,606 topics. Date: Saturday, 21 September 2024 at 12:52 AM |
Nairaland Forum / Entertainment / Events / Crop Biotechnology For Food Security And Nutrition (301 Views)
Monitoring And Evaluation Of Food And Nutrition Security Programmes / Monitoring And Evaluation Of Food And Nutrition Security Programmes. / Crop Biotechnology For Food Security And Nutrition Course (2) (3) (4)
(1) (Reply)
Crop Biotechnology For Food Security And Nutrition by FINERESULTS(m): 8:04am On Jan 20, 2023 |
FineResults Research Services would like to invite you to take part in our upcoming workshops on Agricultural courses at our FineResults Research Services training facilities in Nairobi, Kenya or online. 10th to 21st April 2023 Crop Biotechnology for Food Security and Nutrition 17th to 28th July 2023 Crop Biotechnology for Food Security and Nutrition 16th to 27th October 2023 Crop Biotechnology for Food Security and Nutrition 4th to 15th December 2023 Crop Biotechnology for Food Security and Nutrition INTRODUCTION The level of hunger globally remains high, with 795 million people still facing hunger, roughly one in four children affected by stunting, and 8 percent of children affected by wasting. Of the many strategies that have been suggested to address the issues of global poverty, hunger and environmental degradation, crop biotechnology is seen as a viable contribution to the solution. Biotechnology is any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use. Some of the potential benefits of biotechnology includes but not limited to environmental conservation, improved food security and reduced malnutrition, use of biofuel to complement the non-renewable energy and source of raw materials used in industries. DURATION 10 days. WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Public sector scientists, government officials responsible for driving biotechnology, and regulators, managers of biotechnology projects, company personnel who desire a comprehensive understanding of biotechnology, Civil society groups wanting to understand the technology. LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of the course, learners will be able to: • Understand what biotechnology is • Learn crop management of biotechnology crops • Understand laws, policies and authorities that regulate crop biotechnology • Learn how to prepare records and importance of record keeping TOPIC TO BE COVERED Module 1: Integrated Pest Management • Introduction/meaning • Techniques in IPM • Benefits of IPM Module 2: Integrated soil health and fertility management • Soil structure and texture • Soil health • Macro and micro nutrients • Fertilizers • Manures • Other soil amendments • Soil PH Module 3: Regulatory and research compliance • Protocol, National policies, laws and authorizes to regulate crop biotechnology • Guidelines for Inspection and Monitoring GMOs Module 4: Crop management • Establishments/proposals • Crop nutrition • Cultural practices • Pest and disease control Module 6: Plant production techniques • Controlled environment • Open field • Irrigation vs rain fed • Crop rotation Module 7: Cost management and crop budgets • Crop production plan • Crop budgets/production cost Module 8: Record keeping • Types of crop records • What are records • Why keep records/importance • Examples of crop records Module 9: Biotechnology • Micro- propagation • Molecular Plant Breeding through Biotechnology TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location. For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org REQUIREMENTS Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops. TRAINING FEE Cost: In-person USD 1900 Online USD 1710 Registration April in-person/online July in-person/online October in-person/online December in-person/online Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Services bank account one week prior to the training date and proof of payment sent to training@fineresultsresearch.org For any registration of 3 or more participants; we offer a discount of up to 10%. This course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits for in-person training. ACCOMMODATION Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org PAYMENT Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Limited bank before commencement of training. Send proof of payment through the email: training@fineresultsresearch.org CANCELLATION POLICY • All requests for cancellations must be received in writing. • Changes will become effective on the date of written confirmation being received. Visit our website for more details View Other Agricultural courses Visit our face book page Visit our linkedin page Visit our twitter account |
(1) (Reply)
Emmanuel Fadipe-the Humanitarian Icon Of All Time @ Golden Stars Awards 2023 / Kiddies Birthday Planning / Gender Mainstreaming, Analysis And Planning Course
(Go Up)
Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 19 |