Agritech academy

The Academy lasts 360 hours (7 months), including 240 hours of face-to-face lessons at the Polo Tecnologico di Napoli San Giovanni. The Academy training course is held in Italian. Attendance at Academy activities is compulsory for at least 80% of the total hourly commitment. It is also compulsory to present the final paper at the Polo di San Giovanni premises on the occasion of the certificate awarding event at the end of the training course. Visit the website: https://www.agritechacademy.unina.it/

The Academy aims to train figures with high professional potential in the field of advanced technologies for agriculture using a multidisciplinary approach. The training pathway will be developed with a 'blended learning' methodology, which provides for an integration between face-to-face training and experiential teaching, as well as seminar interventions and testimonials from the business world. Students who successfully complete the training course will acquire technical skills in the sector and will be able to carry out support functions for the technological and digital transition of farms.

Programme

In the 1st edition of the Academy the main thematic areas of interest were as follows:

1. Remote monitoring using sensors on satellite platforms and drones
2. Precision agronomy in the open field
3. Precision Arboriculture
4. Crop protection
5. Protected crops
6. Vertical farming
7. Precision animal husbandry.