Course Content & Outline
Introduction to Climate Change
Defining what climate change is and why It is a concern within the agricultural industry.
Understanding the negative impact climate change currently has on the agricultural industry and its future potential impact.
Investigate specific agricultural systems and climate change’s impact on them.
Describing how sustainable practices can improve agricultural systems and reduce the contribution to climate change.
Adapting to Climate Change
Analysing climate risks and vulnerabilities within agriculture.
Incorporating climate risks into general risk management.
Exploring minor and major adaptation methods to become more sustainable and reduce climate change impacts – crops, animals, tools and equipment.
Investing in climate-resilient crops, managing crop rotation and diversification.
Investing in animal sub-species better adapted to meet environmental changes – disease resistant, heat resistant and other features.
Sustainable Farming Practices
Key concepts, principles, and standards of sustainable farming.
Methods of preserving crops and soil – cover crop, intercropping, crop rotation and conservation tillage.
Explaining the benefits and limitations of crop preservation methods and how these can be incorporated with one another.
Transitioning to organic farming and working in partnership with other local farms.
Climate-Smart Agriculture
Exploring what climate-smart agriculture is and its rising necessity.
Understanding the 3 aims of climate-smart agriculture – productivity, resilience and reducing emissions.
Aligning technologies and climate-smart approaches into different areas of the farm.
Investigating climate-smart changes and actions globally and evaluate their success.
Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement
The vitality of stakeholder engagement and farmer collaboration when it comes to tackling climate change.
Establishing connections with different communities, including customers, other farmers, researchers, and policymakers.
Establishing climate conscious goals and objectives and creating action plans detailing these with the ideal steps and methods.
Engaging in open communication with farmers and policymakers to change the farming standards and gain financial support in sustainable farming.