Category: Workforce Development Programms

Short description

The project has been planned by the Municipality of Agia in cooperation with the Agricultural Cooperative of Melivia “Athanati” in order to support the agricultural sector and fulfill the need for High Quality Agricultural Products and Sustainable Farming according to a long-term plan based on the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN. Innovative methods, new technologies and tools shall increase the added value of the local products and change the mentality of the people involved through extroversion and new cooperation opportunities.

The project consists of 2 Strands:

Strand 1 of the training programm focuses on the need of the farmers to protect the chestnut trees, decrease the costs for plant protection and improve the quality through the use of ecological insecticides.

Strand 2 of the training programm is based on a very detailed education plan that includes every part of the farming process, access to innovative farming methods and High Quality Certifications, the connection between local agricultural products and the tourism sector, skills and competences of the farmers, long-term planning, consulting and sales management that will improve the competitiveness, the extroversion and the quality of the local agricultural products of the Municipality of Agia.

 

Project objective

Main aim of this project is to meet the needs of the young farmers that live in less favoured areas, give them the opportunity to gain new skills and innovative production methods and support them tο pursue economic activity in their home place.

 

Target group

Tree growers, members of the Agricultural Cooperative of Melivia, agronomists, local tourism stakeholders, entrepreneurs, members of associations, unemployed

The participants are allowed to choose to participate in both strands.

As of Strand 1 the participation in all of the sections is mandatory.

As of Strand 2 the participants are allowed to choose any section they wish to.

 

Curriculum

The proposal has two (2) Strands:

STRAND 1: Plant protection – Modern innovative and ecological ways to fight against the diseases of chestnut trees”

1. Use of pheromones and pheromone traps

2. Organic insecticides

3. Application of precision spraying through the use of new technologies

4. Environmental indicators – Sustainable use of pesticides – Disposal of empty pesticide packaging

 

STRAND 2: Modern methods of production, certification, packaging and promotion of local agricultural products.

Section 1: Production methods, Quality control and Promotion of Agricultural Products

1. Precision Farming

2. Agroecology

3. Quality Control Systems, Food Hygiene and Safety

4. Processing and packaging of raw agricultural products

5. Retail Sales of Agricultural Products – Direct Sales of Agricultural Products – Legislation – Tools – Purchasing Habits Analysis – Customer Needs Analysis

5.1 Marketing of Agricultural Products + Export marketing

5.2 Export Procedures & Contracting

6. E-banking, E-Commerce, Use of New Technologies in the Sales Management of agricultural products

7. Quality Control Systems – National and International Quality Standards (IFS/BRC) GLOBALGAP/GLOBALGAP GRASP -PDO – PGI – Organic Farming

Section 2: Processing of Local Agricultural Products

1. Organic Food and Drinks

2. Processing of local agricultural products – Traditional recipies – Processing methods – Replacement of sugar – Use of stevia

Section 3: Connecting Agriculture with Tourism

8. Open farms – Tourism product

10. Connecting the primary sector with the tertiary sector – Sustainable tourism strategy

The project will take place in the Municipality of Agia (Eastern Thessaly)

 

Duration of the project

12 months

Participation is mandatory – A Certificate of Attendance will be issued. Lessons take place 2-3 times / month. All participants will be informed in case of changes due to Covid-19 restrictions

 

For further info

Theodora Patsiavoudi

Economist

Department of Planning, Organization and Informatics, Municipality of Agia

Tel:+306974508249

E-mail: [email protected]

Short Description

The organization “New Agriculture New Generation” and the Region of Western Macedonia, in collaboration with the Cluster of Bioeconomy of Western Macedonia (CluBE), the Agronutritional Cooperative of Western Macedonia Region (AgrNutr), and the University of Western Macedonia (UoWM) are offering a free training and counseling program for agrocircularity and its appplications on farming. The program is implemented with the scientific guidance of experienced academics, led by Dr. Fokion Papathanasiou, University of Western Macedonia.

The Agrocircularity training program consists of four distinct training modules, each one offering training on one important and upcoming sector of farming. The four modules are:

• Fruit-tree farming
• Viticulture
• Medicinal and aromatic plants
• Beekeeping

The program is addressed to established farmers (between the age of 18-45) as well as to unemployed and young professionals who wish to work in the agrifood sector and other related professions.

Each module will target a group of 20 people, through a training course that will cover topics such as: innovative approaches to plant cultivation and protection in the context of sustainable farming, processing and standardization of agricultural products, utilization of agricultural waste, working together with end users, making use of funding tools, new policies on a European and national level, innovative business models, promotion and dissemination etc.

Each module’s training program covers 62 hours of training, with 31 hours being devoted to lectures and 31 hours to hands-on training on the field as well as counselling for planning and implementing business ideas.

At the end of the program a Certificate of Attendance will be given to participants.

Objective of the Program

The main objective of the program is to provide a solid starting point for unemployed people and young professionals who wish to work in the agrifood sector, as well as a source of specialized training in agrocircularity for established farmers.

Target group

The program provides training to established farmers (between the age of 18-45) as well as to unemployed and young professionals who wish to work in the agrifood sector and other related professions.

Participants must be willing to actively participate in the training program (i.e., attending at least 90% of the classes), interested in working in the agrifood sector, and be available to start actual work immediately after the training.

In addition, participants who are interested in the beekeeping module must not be allergic to bee stings!

Curriculum

The curriculum includes the following topics (per module, indicatively):

Fruit-tree farming

• Fruit-tree ecology
• Synergistic interaction between fruit-tree farming and beekeeping
• Techniques for the cultivation of fruit-trees
• Standardization, packaging, preservation of fruit-tree produces
• Exploitation of by-products
• Business plans

Viticulture

• Organic and integrated viticulture
• Maturation and quality in winemaking
• Exploitation of waste and by-products of viticulture and circular economy
• Standardization, packaging, quality control of products
• Business plans

Medicinal and aromatic plants

• Organic and integrated farming of plants
• Exploitation of waste and by-products of aromatic and medicinal plants and circular economy
• Synergistic interaction between medicinal and aromatic plant farming and beekeeping
• Standardization, packaging, quality control of products
• Business plans

Beekeeping

• Beekeeping handling procedures
• Queen rearing and royal jelly production
• Bee diseases and pests
• Beehive products, product trading
• Business plans

Areas of activation of the 2021-22 training round

Region of Western Macedonia (including all regional units)

Duration of action

12 months

Attendance is mandatory. However, lectures will take place online. Physical presence is required only in the field training. Lessons will take place on 1 or 2 days (approximately) every month.

Additional Information

Angeliki Foutri

CluBE

Planner – Environmental manager

Tel: 6972242214

Email: [email protected]

The training program is designed and implemented by the Agricultural University of Athens, under the scientific guidance of a host of experienced university professors headed by Mr. Goras, with many years of extensive experience in beekeeping education.

The training program titled “Apiculture”, offers training in two categories of trainees. One is for basic beekeeping education in Halkida (20 trainees) and the other is for advanced courses in the towns of Trikala and Larisa (40 trainees in total).

The training program has a duration of 100 hours, of which 60 hours are allocated to theory and 40 hours are allocated to practical training on beehives for the basic group, while 45 hours are allocated to theory and 55 hours are allocated to practical training on beehives for the advanced group.

A Certificate of Attendance is provided at the end of the program.

Objective of the Programme

The objective of the program is to serve as a good starting point for young beekeepers (basic group).

At the same time, it aims to strengthen the already beekeepers, providing them with knowledge and skills, which are essential for the professional approach.

Who it is for

• Basic group: participants must me with none or small experience in beekeeping and must not be allergic to beestings. They must be willing to participate in the training program. Unemployed, farmers, low educated and local people will be preferred.
• Advanced groups: participants must have significant beekeeping experience and already possess some bee colonies. Beneficiaries of previous years of the program, unemployed, farmers, low educated and local people will be preferred.

Curriculum

The curriculum includes the following topics (indicatively):

Basic group

• Familiarity with the bees
• Beehive inspection
• Bee biology
• Beekeeping equipment
• Transports of beehives
• Operations during the year
• Brood diseases
• Adult honeybees’ diseases
• Pests
• Bee products

Advanced group

• Operations during the year – special cases
• Brood diseases
• Adult honeybees’ diseases
• Pests
• Annual plan for controlling varroosis and Nosemosis
• Bee products
• Organic beekeeping
• Queen rearing
• Production of royal jelly

Depending on the case, preparation of business plans and consulting according to product or service that is to be produced/provided by special scientists

Areas of activation of the 2019-20 training round

Halkida: Basic group
Larisa: Advanced group
Trikala: Advanced group

Duration of action

16 days per group. Classes will be held from December to June. During the winter months (December, January, February) will emphasize mainly in theoretical courses, while in the remaining months (March, April, May and June) practical courses will be held in the apiary.
Attendance is mandatory.

Useful information

Information will be provided on the exact dates and places of the trainings.The training will be provided with educational materials and textbooks.

For further info

Artemis Rigou
Project Management Office (PMO) of New Farming for the New Generation
Agricultural University of Athens, 75, Iera Odos Street, Athens, 11855, tel.: 210-5294963, 210-5294964

The training program is designed and implemented by the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA), under the scientific guidance of a host of experienced university professors, researchers and professionals. The action is headed by assistant professor Michael Goliomytis, with many years of experience in extensive services and vocational training in animal production.

The training program entitled “Broiler Farming”, offers training in broiler, broiler parent stock and turkey production with the aim to develop required knowledge, skills and competences to 30 young farmers and newcomers in order to successfully run a farm with respect to animal welfare, the environment and the society.

The training program has a duration of 40 hours, of which 36 hours are allocated to theory and 4 hours are allocated to practical training in a poultry farm.

A Certificate of Attendance is provided at the end of the program.

Objective of the Program

The objective of the program is to provide young farmers with learning outcomes that will be shortly implemented by them in order to increase performance and consequently profitability of their farm with positive effects on sustainability of local communities.

At the same time, newcomers will have the advantage of designing and run properly a poultry farm from the start of its function which minimizes possible faults and mistakes that might have occurred without the participation in the proposed poultry farming training program.

Who it is for

Young individuals, living in the region of Epirus, that are:

• broiler and/or broiler parent stock and/or turkey farmers,
• unemployment and underemployment newcomers who intent to become broiler and/or broiler parent stock and/or turkey farmers, preferably individuals that have been applied and/or received financial support (for example, from the European Union and the Greek state) for establishment of a broiler and/or broiler parent stock and/or turkey farm.

Curriculum

The curriculum includes the following topics (indicatively):

Best management practices for farming of:

• Broiler
• broiler parent stock
• turkeys
• modern approaches in poultry feeding
• On farm bio-security measures
• Common diseases of broilers, broiler parent stock and turkeys
• Designing a vaccination program, vaccine types, routes of administration, best practices
• Poultry house design, facilities and equipment, new technologies and modern approaches
• Poultry welfare
• Production costs calculation
• Environmental impact of a poultry farm

Area of activation of the 2019-20 training round

Ioannina

Duration of action

Two teaching courses of 15 trainees each in November 2019 and February 2020.
The duration of each training course will be 10 days, for two consecutive weeks (Monday to Friday), 4 teaching hours a day.
Attendance is mandatory.

For further info

Artemis Rigou
Project Management Office (PMO) of New Farming for the New Generation
Agricultural University of Athens, 75, Iera Odos Street, Athens, 11855, tel.: 210-5294963, 210-5294964

The training program is designed and implemented by the Agricultural University of Athens, under the scientific guidance of a host of experienced university professors headed by Thomas Bartzanas & Spyros Fountas associate professors, with many years of extensive experience in Greenhouses and Smart Farming Technologies.

The training program titled “New technologies for Sustainable Farming”, offers training in greenhouse and hydroponics systems, controlled environment agriculture, precision farming, application of smart farming techniques and technologies to 360 young people every year.

The training program has a duration of 80 hours, of which 40 hours are allocated to theory and 40 hours are allocated to practical training in the field and relative experimental facilities (i.e greenhouses).

A Certificate of Attendance is provided at the end of the program.

Objective of the Program

The objective of the program is to give young generation (including farmers) the opportunity to acquire or improve/update already available knowledge and skills in new smart farming technologies that can be applied in the primary agricultural production and lead to a more sustainable use of external inputs, thus leading to a smart crop production with reduced environmental footprint using hi-tech and smart technologies. The program will focus on controlled environment crop production (greenhouse and hydroponics systems) and to precision agriculture techniques and technologies.

At the same time, it aims to strengthen the presence of Greek agricultural products both in the domestic and international markets.

Who it is for

• Unemployed young individuals without experience in greenhouses and smart farming technologies, who have graduated from high school or hold a higher-education degree.
• Young farmers who own agricultural land / greenhouses and suitable machinery in order to apply farming practices.
• Underemployed young individuals working in family businesses in the field of greenhouses and crop production.
• Young farmers working in small and medium-sized enterprises in the field of greenhouses and smart farming crop production, who wish to develop agrotourism services and products.

Curriculum

The curriculum includes the following topics (indicatively):

• Agriculture
• Informatics
• Biology and related to smart farming degrees Economics.

Depending on the case, preparation of business plans and consulting according to product or service that is to be produced/provided by special scientists

Areas of activation of the 2019-20 training round

• Volos (Dec’19 – Jan’20). The training relates smart technologies and techniques for high quality products.
• Marathonas (March – April 2020). The training relates smart technologies and techniques for high quality products.
• Kyparissia (May – June’20).The training relates precision farming technologies.
• Filiatra (May – June ’20). The training relates Greenhouses and Hydroponic Crops.
• Chania (May – June ’20). There will be two training workshops, the first of which concerns greenhouse and hydroponics crops and the second concerns precision farming technologies.

Duration of action

80 hours duration
Attendance is mandatory.
Classes are held 12 days every month (approximately)

For further info

Artemis Rigou
Project Management Office (PMO) of New Farming for the New Generation
Agricultural University of Athens, 75, Iera Odos Street, Athens, 11855, tel.: 210-5294963, 210-5294964