Certified Agriculture and Farming Manager

Course Description: Agricultural management is a key force affecting soil processes and functions. Triggered by biophysical constraints as well as rapid structural and technological developments, new management practices are emerging with largely unknown impacts on soil processes and functions. Proper management of farmland is vital for an investor to capitalize on the overall appreciation of the asset. Farming today is more than just producing crops, it requires farmers and landowners to address profitability, fertility, conservation, and tax issues to name just a few.

What you will learn: This certification course involves the managerial functions of planning, organizing and controlling the operation of the farm system over time through the use of economic and other principles and administrative procedures. Agricultural managers take care of the day-to-day operations of one or more farms, ranches, nurseries, timber tracts, greenhouses, and other agricultural establishments for corporations, farmers, and owners who do not live and work on their farm or ranch.
Course Instructor: Prof. Dr. Asif Salam
Program structure: 3 Months | 4 hours online class per week using zoom platform | 48 Sessions
Course Fees: CAD$ 5000

Who will get benefits: The scope of the certification course of agriculture and farm Management is as wide as that of Agricultural Economics. It includes: production, distribution, consumption and exchange of farm products.

Course outline:

• Fundamentals of Horticulture
• Fundamentals of Genetics
• Fundamentals of Soil Science
• Introduction to Forestry
• Fundamentals of Agronomy
• Fundamentals of Crop Physiology
• Fundamentals of Agricultural Economics
• Rural Sociology & Educational Psychology
• Fundamentals of Plant Breeding
• Agricultural Microbiology
• Soil and Water Conservation Engineering
• Fundamentals of Plant Pathology
• Fundamentals of Entomology
• Fundamentals of Agricultural Extension Education
• Fundamentals of Plant Biochemistry
• Production Technology for Ornamental Crops,MAP and Landscaping
• Renewable Energy and Green Technology
• Problematic Soils and their Management
• Production Technology for Fruit and Plantation Crops
• Principles of Seed Technology
• Farming System & Sustainable Agriculture
• Agricultural Marketing Trade & Prices
• Introductory Agro-meteorology & Climate Change
• Fundamentals of Agronomy
• Crop Production Technology (Kharif Crops)
• Fundamentals of Plant Biotechnology
• Agricultural Finance and Cooperation
• Agri- Informatics and Computer Application
• Farm Machinery and Power
• Production Technology for Vegetables and Spices
• Environmental Studies and Disaster Management
• Fundamentals of Statistical Methods
• Livestock and Poultry Management
• Fundamentals of Plant Pathology
• Livestock and Poultry Management-II
• Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management
• Pests of Crops and Stored Grain and their Management
• Diseases of Field and Horticultural Crops and their Management
• Crop Improvement-I (Kharif Crops)
• Geoinformatics and Nano-technology andPrecision Farming
• Practical Crop Production – I (Kharifcrops)
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Principles of Organic Farming
• Rainfed Agriculture & Watershed Management
• Protected Cultivation and Secondary Agriculture
• Post-harvest Management and Value Addition of Fruits and Vegetables
• Management of Beneficial Insects
• Crop Improvement-II (Rabi crops)
• Practical Crop Production –II (Rabi crops)
• Farm Management, Production & Resource Economics
• Principles of Food Science and Nutrition
• Principles of Integrated Pest and Disease Management