Overview
It provides an interactive approach to strengthen your capacities and to translate the gained knowledge and skills into value for your organization and the sector as a whole. The Horticulture Sector Development for Emerging Markets course at Wageningen University and Research covers the complete horticulture value chain, including fruit, vegetable and ornamental subsectors, and both greenhouse as well as open field production.
Relevant examples from the Dutch sector will be demonstrated. Field visits and excursions are part of the programme.
What will you learn?
Participants of the course will update and strengthen their knowledge, insight and skills on:
- Horticulture production, both protected and open field production;
- Post-harvest, quality and logistics processes;
- Technical, organisational, institutional and socio-economic aspects of horticulture value chains systems;
- Domestic and international market systems;
- International standards for good agricultural practices and quality issues in international trade;
Programme Structure
Our courses are currently online and follow this format:
- Pre-course assignments for you to get to know WCDI and for us to get to know your work environment and your expectations in relation to the course;
- Interactive plenary sessions where we share contents, review assignment and facilitate exchanging experiences. During those interactive sessions we work with a number of online tools like Google Jamboard, Mural and Mentimeter;
- Group work either online or offline where you with other participants address a specific question or do an assignment. Results of these assignments are also shared and discussed during online sessions;
- Individual assignments where you will read literature, watch videos, and do excercises on your own. These assignments are an essential part of the learning and most of them count for getting the certificate.
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 3 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApply anytime.
Language
Delivered
Disciplines
Agriculture Horticulture and Crop Science View 3 other Short Courses in Horticulture and Crop Science in NetherlandsWhat students do after studying
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- The short courses are designed for professionals with at least a BSc-level (or equivalent) and a minimum of three years of relevant work experience. Applications from students will not be taken into consideration.
Technological requirements
Minimum technical and software requirements for online learning courses are:
- Stable internet connection: required to access the online learning platform and assignments (at least 3G mobile network).
- Hardware requirement: acces to a laptop, smartphone, tablet or a personal computer with webcam and microphone.
Tuition Fee
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International
5250 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 5250 EUR for the full programme during 3 months. -
National
5250 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 5250 EUR for the full programme during 3 months.