Online Short courses in Agriculture

Explore how innovative, digital technologies can help achieve sustainable intensification of arable farming systems with Innovation in Arable Farming - Technologies for Sustainable Farming Systems at EIT Food by FutureLearn.

Learn what antibiotic resistance is and how to prevent it while increasing productivity among your livestock with Effective Livestock Production with Low Use of Antibiotics at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences by FutureLearn.

Do you have a passion for gardening that you want to turn into a career? Are you looking to learn more about the different varieties of plants and how to care for them? Take the next step in your professional journey with the online Horticulture course from International Career Institute (ICI).

The Certified Expert in Agricultural Finance online course from Frankfurt School of Finance and Management covers a wide range of agriculture finance topics. 

Build your knowledge of food production challenges and technology with this online course for post-16 students of biology with Improving Food Production with Agricultural Technology and Plant Biotechnology at EIT Food by FutureLearn.

Explore animal feed manufacturing, and learn the best processes and systems for optimising animal feed quality with Animal Feed Production - Feed Quality at EIT Food by FutureLearn.

The Artificial Intelligence for Agriculture Technology and Climate Change course offered by University of Oxford is based on applying AI techniques to specific problems in agriculture and climate change, and exploring the broader impact of these technologies in the food value chain.  

The Guiding Seed Sector Transformation course from Wageningen University and Research is designed for researchers, managers, policy makers and practitioners, working in a field related to seed sector development, employed by public, private, civil society, research, education and/or development organisations.

This online Wholesale Nursery Management course from Warnborough College will prepare you for working in or running a Wholesale Nursery. 

This Fruit Production - Temperate Climate course from Warnborough College starts by introducing the fruit growing industry, and moves through most of the skills needed for successful fruit growing in a serious way. 

The Food Microbiology course offered by University of Pretoria will provide you with an in-depth understanding of the general principles of microbiology with a specific focus on micro-organisms and the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that affect their growth in food.

This Advanced Sustainable Nutrient Management in New Zealand Agriculture course at Massey University will cover nutrient management, recent research and nutrient budgeting issues. You'll develop nutrient management plans that meet production goals for actual farm enterprises.

Join the Planning Layout and Construction of Ornamental Gardens course from Warnborough College and develop an in-depth understanding of the principles and procedures for all aspects of planning for development of a hard landscape; including site assessment, plan drawing, plan interpretation, project specification and construction planning. 

This (Level 2) Certificate in Plant Growth for Horticulture course from Warnborough College is the starting point for gaining an exceptionally solid foundation in horticulture.

The Agronomy - Oil Crops course offered by Warnborough College will help you learn about growing oil crops.

Become the gardening expert of your family with this comprehensive Home Garden Expert course from Warnborough College. 

Ever wanted to grow mushrooms and didn’t know where to start? Here is a comprehensive Mushroom Production course from Warnborough College covering how to grow mushrooms on either a small or large scale. Emphasis is placed on the Agaricus species (the Champignon), though other commercially important edible fungi are also considered. 

Join the Plant Protection course from Warnborough College and learn to identify diseases, insects & weeds; and to select and use appropriate treatments. 

Gardening can be a lot of fun, a hobby or a job. Without an understanding of the basics though, mistakes are easily made. Time and money can be wasted doing gardening tasks incorrectly, or with the wrong equipment and materials. This Gardening Skills course from Warnborough College can be studied in your own time and is great way of learning all of the gardening essentials.

Join this course from Warnborough College and learn about Eucalypts: their identification, culture (propagation, soils, landscape uses, feeding), and uses. Throughout the course you build both a knowledge of the group as a whole, and of the range of species you can identify.