- Degree
- HSWT Certificate
- Dates
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Currently only group requests 3 months in advance
- Admission requirements
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Basic knowledge of agricultural engineering and technology
- Costs
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from 100€ per participant per day, plus travel and accommodation costs
Digitalization course in Triesdorf: Everything about Smart and Precision Farming
The digitalization of agriculture is about networking devices, machines and systems with each other and creating data bases for forecasts and decision-making aids in order to optimize agricultural processes. Whether for field measurement, to control plant growth or to optimize fertilization, irrigation and plant protection, farmers are always turning to special techniques and technologies that make the work process easier, more precise and optimized. This course includes not only practical content, it also provides information on the efficient use of digital and smart technology in agriculture.
Course contents of the certificate course Digitalization in Agriculture
Theoretical contents:
- Theoretical basic knowledge of digitalization in agriculture (technology & engineering)
- Introduction to different digital systems, their purpose & functions (sowing, fertilizing, spraying and harvesting)
- Use of smart techniques in crop monitoring, disease detection, mapping, surveying and soil analysis
- Data management and methods of analysis for field robots, steering systems, drones and sensors
- The importance of data analysis in precision agriculture
- Selection criteria for the purchase of any digital technology in agriculture
Practical course content:
- Practical demonstrations with field robots
- GPS & GNSS surveying and cartography
- Automatic steering systems and implements
- Sub-area specific management
- Acquisition of weather data for the optimization of operating processes
- Disease detection, damage detection and volume determination
- Measures Digitization softwares
- Other topics on request
- Target group
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Agricultural business managers, farmers, agricultural economists, accountants
- Group size
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Optimal, cost-effective group size 15 participants (min. 12 max. 24 participants)
- Instructors
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HSWT lecturers, experts from the Agriculture Training Centre Triesdorf, other external specialists
- Other languages
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professional translation into Russian, Ukrainian, Armenian, Kazakh, Uzbek and other languages possible
What is included in the price for the certificate course?
These services are included in the course fee:
- Course fees
- Transfer from arrival airport & to departure airport
- Travel health insurance & liability insurance
- Professional translation of the course and teaching materials (translated into the language of your choice)
The following costs are not included in the course fees, but may be offered in addition:
- Accommodation in campus hotel or 3* hotels with breakfast.
- Meals (lunch & dinner)
- Additional cultural programmes during free time
