Agroaldea
The training program of free courses will cover the 21 municipalities of Gran Canaria and has a budget of 75.000 EUR.
The Cabildo of Gran Canaria offers 147 free courses in the primary sector that will benefit some 4.000 people in 2016, especially linked to the world of livestock, the educational community and agriculture, including the Civil Guard, for what you will invest 75.000 EUR, reported the island councilor of the area, Miguel Hidalgo.
The program, What will cover all the municipalities of the Island, It has been designed according to the needs raised by the primary sector itself and the contents proposed by the town councils, Hidalgo explained.
Among the agricultural courses that are taught for the first time are those related to melon cultivation, the pitahaya and the prickly pear, as well as a few days on tropical pineapple.
El curso más demandado, de ahí que se realice en los 21 municipalities, It's of manipulador de productos fitosanitarios, por el que el alumnado obtendrá el carné oficial que acredita la formación necesaria para el uso de plaguicidas y comprar los productos.
Respecto a los cursos para ganaderos, Hidalgo resaltó los dirigidos a mejorar el bienestar animal durante su transporte y a informatizar todos los datos relativos a las explotaciones ganaderas.
La oferta centrada en la industria agroalimentaria permitirá a los beneficiarios aprender, from técnicas de comercialización a, la elaboración de deshidratados o sales aromatizadas, así como conocer ideas de negocio sostenibles o los beneficios del asociacionismo y el cooperativismo agrario.
As well, The educational community will be able to benefit from the courses aimed at teacher training, with whom they will learn everything related to organic school gardens, or those aimed at monitors so that they learn how to carry out children's agricultural workshops.
Regarding specialized courses, those related to the application of the phytosanitary regulations addressed to the Seprona of the Civil Guard, traditional cereal cultivation or the use of forklifts in points of first sale of fishing products.
The complete program is hosted on the Cabildo website (click here) and those interested must formalize the registration at the following link: click here.
In addition, the six agricultural extension agencies of the Cabildo in Telde, Terror, Agüimes, gáldar, Santa Brígida and La Aldea will be available so that applicants who do not have a computer can register with the help of the island technicians. In addition, the Information and Citizen Attention Office (OPCW) will resolve any questions over the phone 928 219 229.
Social character
This training program has a marked social character which is evidenced by the agreement signed with the Agrarian Association of Young Farmers (Asaja), why 240 unemployed of 18 to 35 years they will do their training practices at the Granja del Cabildo.
It also represents a social commitment the practical training project for fifteen people with functional diversity, aimed at their labor insertion and the fight against precariousness and social exclusion, by which the insular Institution cedes 8.000 square meters of land on the La Cebolla farm, next to The Farm, to people at high risk of social exclusion, Hidalgo highlighted.
Also, university and vocational training students will carry out their business or final year internships with the Cabildo and some 4.000 schoolchildren will be able to participate in the “Meet La Granja” program with the aim of raising awareness about the rural world.
Investigation
Regarding research work, the Cabildo launches the “Zero Waste” project, by which farmers will be advised on the field so that they efficiently apply phytosanitary products, with the aim of eliminating them completely.
Another innovative project is “Sustainable Nasas”, which will be developed in collaboration with the Spanish Institute of Oceanography, to study the impact of pots on the natural environment, with which the aim is to improve fishing gear so that they are more effective and do not deplete the fishing grounds.
It also explores methods of control of African psila, pest that damages citrus trees and develops new methods for the integrated management of potato moths.
Experimentation in horticulture, Fruit growing and floriculture are other avenues explored by the Cabildo, as well as the agronomic search for local almond tree varieties.
Once the deadline is closed, The Cabildo will send the interested party an email with the admission or not, if you meet all the requirements, as well as the syllabus and schedules of the courses that, in general, They will be taught in the afternoon on weekdays and on Saturday mornings..