Junta de Andalucía, Centro IFAPA Alameda del Obispo

Córdoba

Advanced specialisation course in olive growing

Spanish

3

C-VET

Informal

Advanced course on olive groves management, open to international students. Many practical contents are included. Topics: - The olive tree as a plant. Annual cycle. Olive growing in the world. - Botany and morphology. Flowering, fruiting and ripening. - Propagation methods and plant certification. - Genetic improvement programmes and breeding of new varieties. World Germplasm Bank. - The growing environment. Climate, soil. - Planting design and execution. - Pruning techniques and types of pruning. - Soil management and erosion defence systems. - Nutrition and diagnosis of needs. - Fertilisation techniques to reduce inputs. - Water requirements and irrigation systems. Deficit irrigation techniques. Use of poor quality water. - Use of by-products as amendments. - Management of adventitious flora. - Pests and diseases. - Means of application of phytosanitary treatments. - Integrated and ecological production. - Machinery for harvesting and application of phytosanitary products. - Precision olive growing.

agriculture, olive tree groves

Free

Certificate or diploma of attendance and/or achievement

11/10/2022 (150 hours)

150 hours

Olive groves management

Crop and livestock production

Professionals in the olive sector with experience in positions of technical or managerial responsibility and people with university degrees who can join the sector

High learning outcomes and very detailed skills, which allow them to work in farms dealing with olive growing and give high-level advice as their knowledge ranges to 360 degrees