SSARE Integrated Pest Management for Organic Crops Course

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This course is designed to achieve widespread incorporation of the principles and practices of sustainable agriculture in the training provided to agricultural professionals in the Southern Region. The Web-based course builds on the basic curricula provided by the National SARE Curriculum Project.

Course modules include:

Cultural Practices for Managing Crop Diseases
Cultural Practices for Managing Insect Pests
Cultural Practices for Managing Weeds
Overview of Biologically-Based IPM
Biological Control of Diseases
Biological Control of Insect Pests
Biological Control of Weeds
Overview of Monitoring & ID Techniques for Insect Pests, Weeds & Diseases
Use of Approved Pesticides in Organic Production
How to Conduct On-Farm Organic Pest Management Research

The course is free, self-guided and self-paced so you can complete them on your own schedule.

REGISTER NOW for Integrated Pest Management for Organic Crops at the CECP online campus. To access the course, you must register as a student in the Cooperative Extension Curriculum Project (CECP) online campus.

Once you have set up your account, you can bookmark the CECP campus home page and go there directly to log in when you are ready to start or continue the course. You don't need to come back to this page.

After you register in the CECP system, click on Course Listings or All Courses in the left navigation bar. Look for Integrated Pest Management for Organic Crops under the Agriculture main heading / Sustainable Agriculture sub-heading., then click the “Enroll” button.

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