9 Rural Development Preparatory Programs

The Summer School Reinventing Rural: Transformative Solutions in Innovative Rural Areas, the Tuscany Case explores how small farms contribute to transformative solutions in innovative rural areas while contributing to local prosperity and food and services provisioning for society.

This Diploma provides tools of applicative and experiential technical knowledge to industrial entrepreneurs. The functions of these managerial competencies contain some treaties: - legal-legal - technical-technological -economic-financial - Organizational management for the execution of rural industry, from the start-up and commissioning of the factory, which is inserted in the same productive scheme of primary production, proving suitability, qualifying and qualifying to execute the management and Operation, maintenance, control, and sanitation tasks.

This full-time practical course offers an introduction to gardening and estate maintenance in the college’s Community Garden, Italian Garden, woodlands and 125-acre estate.

The purpose of this qualification is to develop the transferable skills, attributes, and behaviours needed for you to progress to further study and ultimately to employment.

The AS degree with designation in Agribusiness prepares the student for Ag Business, Ag Finance, the Beef Industry, Cattle Production, Ranch Management, and more.

The Agriculture Technology Diploma program is designed to provide students with the skills, aptitudes, and knowledge necessary to enter fields related to general agriculture. The program may be completed in two semesters by following the suggested curriculum, or it may be spread over three or more semesters.

Horticulture is defined as the science or art of cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers, turf grass and ornamental plants. The field can take you in many directions, but most careers involve some type of science including biology, chemistry, and physics.

The Agriculture Program's mission at Pratt Community College emphasizes student learning while preparing students with the requisite agricultural knowledge base and practical skills to transfer to a four-year college or university or enter their chosen agricultural career.

If you're looking to make your mark in an industry that is both at the fine point of science and technology and key to sustaining life on planet Earth, look no further than agriculture.UFV's Agriculture Technology diploma provides you with a strong foundation to launch a career in this fast-moving field. In your first year, you complete a certificate in either Livestock Production or Horticulture Crop Production and Protection. In your second year, you develop additional expertise in your chosen area of practice, learn about sustainable holistic agricultural practices, and explore issues relating to on-farm food safety, quality, and security.