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The main purpose of our project is to design an innovative vocational curriculum on Regenerative Agriculture, which will provide learners skills and knowledge to implement sustainable
cultivation methods, therewith giving impetus to transform agricultural practices and landscapes.
In the EU, more than 90% of the fields are cultivated conventionally. This type of cultivation creates serious problems for human health, the climate, biodiversity, soils’ fertility,
freshwater bodies and the ecosystem as a whole. (UNEP Foresight Brief, 013, May 2019)
Regenerative Agriculture with its subtopic Permaculture, responds to all above-mentioned problems as it is a conservation and rehabilitation approach to farming systems focusing on
topsoil regeneration, increasing biodiversity, improving the water cycle, supporting bio-sequestration, increasing resilience to climate change and enhancing soil fertility.
Our overarching objective is to promote, facilitate and accelerate the global transition to regenerative food, farming and land management in order to restore climate stability, increase
biodiversity, rebuild soil fertility and produce healthy food.
Therefore, the project aims to:
1) close the skills gap in agriculture education by providing a web-based training on Regenerative Agriculture. The course will enable learners to apply alternative cultivation methods,
therewith equipping them with the competences to respond to the challenges the agricultural sector is experiencing.
2) Inform VET authorities and policy makers about regenerative agriculture thereby giving impetus to include teaching contents on the subject into national framework curricula.
3) Integrate the course into curricula of agricultural VET providers, training companies and HEIs.
4) Conduct an awareness raising campaign on national and European level giving policy makers, VET providers, farmers and the general public a coherent picture of the state of the
art of regenerative agriculture and help improve the perception about alternative farming, its benefits and the possibilities to upscale measures.
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KA202 - Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training
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Data:
Thursday, 30 March, 2023
Organisation:
AKMI
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no