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Agrifood
RIS Inspire – HealthySoil4Food 2.0 Food Edition
Online programFee: €50 for 3 weeks
What?
After the success of the 2023 Summer edition, we are thrilled to announce the arrival of the EIT Food RIS Inspire HealthySoil4Food Winter School. Prepare yourself for an exceptional 3-week online course, brimming with fresh content and abundant resources. This immersive experience is specifically designed to empower individuals through theoretical and applied cases who wish to achieve a more sustainable agri-food system. Get ready to acquire sustainable farming knowledge and tools to spearhead innovative products in the agri-food sector!
Registration for the EIT Food RIS Inspire HealthySoil4Food Edition Winter School is now open! Join our vibrant community and get the chance to be among the first participants in this edition!
Who is it for?
The programme has been developed and will be delivered by an outstanding collaborative group composed by Food4Sustainability (Portugal), and BGI (Portugal). This unique programme features teaching by academic experts, industry players, farmers and practitioners, mentors, and agri-food startups.This course is mostly targeted to professionals working in food production, processing, and distribution, interested in innovating in the food system. We seek individuals from diverse backgrounds, including Food Science, Engineering, Business/Marketing, Informatics, Computational Science, Other Sciences and more.Only participants from RIS countries can apply: Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, French Guiana, Greece, Guadeloupe, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Martinique, Mayotte, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Réunion, Saint Martin, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine.
Objectives
As a learner, you will develop your knowledge on soil health through soil biodiversity, eco-friendly pest control, and mycorrhiza management for farm success through applied cases that link soil health to farm economics. As you progress you learn alternatives to chemical inputs towards better health and wellbeing. This will help you to develop (or understand?) innovative products or techniques with an impact on the food system and health.Unlocking the potential of microbes to help farmers to boost the farm’s bottom line will enable you to create solutions to global challenges such as crop resilience and human health.
Advantages
Understanding the challenges and opportunities to sustainable farming will enable you to create and implement solutions to global challenges such as remain competitive in agriculture while contributing to human health. The programme has been developed and will be delivered by an outstanding collaborative group composed of European universities, institutes, food industry companies, farmers, and agri-food startups. This unique programme features teaching by highly skilled academics, practitioners, industry players and mentors in entrepreneurship in the food system from Food4Sustainability (Portugal), BGI (Portugal), Idanha-a-Nova Municipality (Portugal), Quinta da Cholda (Portugal), Dardico (Portugal), Monliz (Portugal), VGT (Portugal) and The Grand Farm (Austria).
