• Identify main issues affecting sustainability of agriculture and food security
• Understand how sensing technologies might support crop monitoring
• Understand the role and usefulness of traceability in food security
• Understand the legislative context related with the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation at international and national level
• Learn about the different climate change mitigation and adaptation measures developed in the agricultural sector
• Understand and evaluate the diversity of methodologies and calculators available to calculate the carbon footprint of the agriculture sector
• Identify the main theme of the diversification of farmers' activities in a complementary production context
• Identify indicators for different quality parameters (social, environmental, products and services) for agricultural sectors
• Motivate the learner to use satellite technologies for monitoring crop conditions
• Motivate the learner to use satellite technologies for monitoring irrigation water use
• Provide knowledge about the requirements of organic farming rules, technologies used in the organic farming system, organic production farm activities in the conditions of organic farming
• Understand the principles of integrated pest management and the possibilities and benefits of their application
• Provide knowledge about the agrochemical properties of soil
• Apply the latest crop and tillage technologies, apply and implement the latest methods and requirements for agricultural crop rotations, apply the latest recommendations for fertilizers and fertilization
• Value the increase in biodiversity and ecological connectivity as a support to ameliorate agronomic practices
• Identify sustainable agricultural practices that improve biodiversity

• The course will be using a QGIS version of Windows PC. Mac and Linux users will have to adapt the instructions to their operating systems.
• Basics of crop production.
• Basics of plant breeding, animal husbandry.

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