Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Lithuanian Organic Agriculture in the Context of European Union
http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/58352
Year
Educational programme
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Number of training courses
Backgrounds of organic agriculture (for
beginners) 24 academic hours [27]
17
29
35
38
25
32
Organic agriculture for advanced 16 academic
hours) [31]
-
40
39
31
30
19
Organic seed growing (8 academic hours) [32]
-
-
5
5
-
-
Economical evaluation of organic products
production marketing on individual and
cooperative background (8 academic hours)
[33]
-
-
10
8
-
-
Pecularities of organic agriculture by the
specialization of production (field day) 4
academic hours [34]
14
16
-
-
-
-
Organic agriculture for advanced (field day) 4
academic hours [35]
-
12
-
-
-
-
Backgrounds of organic beekeeping 10
academic hours [36]
-
-
18
+
-
-
Organic cattle husbandry 10 academic hours
[37]
-
-
104
-
-
-
Weed control system in organic agriculture 10
academic hours [30]
-
-
29
13
-
-
Organic horticulture, 10 academic hours [29]
-
-
-
30
-
-
Organic non-traditional animal husbandry and
aviculture, 10 academic hours [38]
-
-
-
24
-
-
Swine-breeding in farms of organic production,
10 academic hours [39]
-
-
-
15
-
-
Source: The Centre for LEADER Programme and Agricultural Training Methodology under the Ministry of Agriculture;
Chamber of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania
Table 8.
Organic training courses for farmers in Lithuania during 2008-2013
The average size of the individual course is 14 farmers. During 2008-2013 there were trained
more than 5700 farmers interested in organic agriculture. Compulsory trainings "Backgrounds
of organic agriculture (for beginners)" for inceptive organic farming were delivered for about
2200 participants.
