Place: Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Training language: English, Bulgarian, Russian
Dates: year-round, upon request
Duration: from 3 days to 1 week
Cost: from 300 Euro to 700 Euro per person
Funding: No
Target groups and admission requirements: farmers and gardeners, rural development workers, policy makers and administrators, students and researchers all with a valid Bulgarian visa
Training objectives:
1. To learn how to plan a set up of a new organic farm or to convert conventional farm into organic one.
2. To learn basic skills on maintaining crop and animal stock, to improve soil fertility and recycle farm organic matter, to apply organic plant protection and use modern farm machinery.
3. To learn how to get and how to exchange information and knowledge on organic farming, how to promote farm organic produce and obtain better market value.
Training program: Lectures and seminars in groups, field trips and field training, participatory techniques and role-playing, computer and information exercises
Contact details:
Dr. Vladislav H. Popov
Director Agroecological Centre
Agricultural University of Plovdiv
12 "Mendeleev" st.
4000 Plovdiv
BULGARIA
Telephone: +359 88 7788412
e-mail: agroeco@au-plovdiv.bg / vpopov_bg@yahoo.com