Potato training

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Potato Seed Development project:

Climate Smart Potato Demo Chernihiv

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Victor RIZNYK

Potato farming consultant of Agrico Ukraine
   

Potato cultivation training

  1. Preparation (crop rotation & soil sampling, weed killing & ploughing, fertiliser application & nutrients);
  2. Planting (furrows & ridges, row distances, planting distances, tuber spacing, certified seed potatoes, treatments);
  3. Growing (weed killing, top dressing, nematodes);
  4. Disease (recognising types of diseases, prevention, treatment, timing, planning, waste management);
  5. Harvesting (maturing period, harvesting, grading, sorting);
  6. Storing techniques (temperatures, humidity & ventilation; Energy & back-up systems).
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Potato (field) equipment training

  1. Land preparation;
  2. Planters;
  3. Ridgers & re-ridgers;
  4. Sprayers;
  5. Harvesters;
  6. Sorters.

Regenerative farming training

  1. Cover crops – soil health
  2. Rotary digging instead of ploughing as soil preparation
  3. Fertigation
  4. Drip irrigation
  5. No-till for grain/row-crops during the crop rotation
  6. Latest techniques

Business case training

  1. Net profit increase;
  2. Cost price reduction;
  3. Revenue growth;
  4. De-risking potato farming;
  5. Partnerships: partners who will support in training (Yara UA, Syngenta UA, Adama UA, Irrigator UA).