Selection
August 4, 2016The Project “Technological processes of obtaining bio products in ecological farms” was born from the necessity of offering a chance to a number of 60 students with fewer opportunities enrolled in the profile ‘natural resources and environment protection”, qualification domain “agriculture”, to participate to a practice stage of 4 weeks in real working conditions in ecological farms from the region Lombardia – Italy.
The specific objectives of the project are:
– to increase the students motivation for the educational act and to reduce the school abandon after participating in international mobility.
– development of entrepreneurial skills among participants and ensuring the transition from school to a job.
-improving the learning performances for 60 students participating in the mobility of the project.
-increasing Beneficiary’s ability to carry out activities on international level.
-testing, adaptation and implementation of new teaching methods and procedures, specific to the qualification domain “agriculture”, including the realization of a program of practice internship for the organic agriculture.
The main activities carried out by participants during the practice stage are:
– soil fertilization with ecological products in order to obtain ecological products.
– works to prevent pests, weeds, and diseases of vegetal cultures.
– conversion works of soil for crop rotation.
– checking soil acidity and choosing proper soils in order to obtain ecological products.
– the selection of animals in order to obtain ecological animal products.
– the fertilization of fields with ecological products.
– cleaning animals’ shelters with ecological products.
– feeding animals with ecological products.
– choosing proper spaces for storing ecological products.
– developing a marketing plan for online promoting of ecological products with vegetal and animals origins.
– the transport of ecological products to the marketing area
The main outcome of the project will be the implementation of an innovative practice internship for 60 students in organic farms. Another result it will be the establishment of an ecological farm on the school`s grounds, where students will be able to undertake practical activity in real working conditions.