Innovation in marine and aquaculture 2021-2022
Course summary: in this course you
will learn basic practices in aquaculture, as well as latest innovations in the
field.
A main mission will be designing your own farm, based on principles that are
discussed in class.
Syllabus:
- Introduction to Aquaculture and Mariculture
- Short history of aquaculture
- Why do we need aquaculture?
- Different methods and growing systems
- Health and welfare and how to preserve it
- Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) – how to calculate and maintain it
- Principles in fish production
- Basic genetics
- Principles of larval rearing
- Fish lab – the fish from within (dissecting a fish)
- Innovations in aquaculture
- Environmental impact:
o How does aquaculture impact the environment?
o How does the environment affect aquaculture?
- Different solutions for environmental issues
Poultry Farming 2021 - 2022
Course Summary:
This course enables you to study basic methods and techniques of poultry farming in modern farms. To learn how to maximize production and basic principles of nutrition and biosecurity.
Syllabus:
- Managing the Replacement Pullet: Body weight target, Preparing for the chicks, Temperature requirements for chicks, Light management for pullets, Cannibalism / Feather Pecking, Beak Trimming.
- Managing the Maturing and Mature Laying Hen: Breeds, Systems for keeping layers, Moving pullet to laying cages, Preparing for the pullets. Uniformity, Crowding layers in cages, Light management for layers, Egg shell quality, Egg Size, Dirty eggs, External parasites, Culling hens, Induced molting, Calculations of production index
- Biosecurity: Definition and Objectives, How Poultry Disease Spreads, Survival time of pathogens outside the host, SANITATION, ISOLATION, TRAFFIC CONTROL, Rodent biology & control, Wild birds, Barrier to Invaders, Beetles, Flies, Biosecurity procedures: Cost & Benefit
- Hot Climate Management: Thermoregulation in poultry, Behavioral adjustment, Thermoneutral Zone, The Thermal environment, Effect of exposure time to heat, Evaporative heat lose & Non Evaporative heat lose, passive thermoregulation & Active thermoregulation, Wind Chill effect, Reducing the sun Radiation, Insulation, Moisture buildup in poultry house, Ventilation, evaporative cooling pad
Agriculture Economics & Enterprise - Animal sciences 2021- 2022
The course empowers you to plan your business and then raise it to reality by external funding.
You are offered knowledge and practical tools for establishing an agricultural enterprise business, followed by a chance to create or participate in a group project to plan, brand and present it to external funding investors and programs. The course supplies students with topnotch current market solutions, strategies and case studies, and assists with the awareness and allocations of entrepreneurial business corporations and Capital Fund raising instruments.
Syllabus:
• Economic Thinking. Business Plan Structure. Production/ Service Models.
• Creating a Vision. The Law of Diffusion of Innovation. Branding.
• Business Environment & Management Models. CEO & Team Responsibilities.
• Forecasting and Calculating Income Estimations.
• Funding: Investors, Funds, Government Support Programs, Strategic Partners.
• Open-Office Excel introduction. Time Management (with computers).
• Marketing & Sales Strategy. Productions & Investment Costs (with computers).
• Financing Equations and interest functions (with computers).
• Personal sales and presentation skills. Investment negotiations.
• Group Projects Presentations for investors and Capital Funds.
The Course includes Business Games, Active Board Meetings & Peer Assessment Presentations
Sheep Farming 2021-2022
Course Summary:
This course enables you to study basic methods and techniques of sheep farming in modern farms. To learn how to maximize milk production and basic principles of balanced and efficient nutrition. To study basic principles of keeping a healthy herd.
Syllabus:
- Small Ruminants general information.
- Sheep & Goats Breeding.
- Small Ruminants farming, technology and management in Israel.
- Small Ruminants Nutrition under Intensive Management.
- Kids Rearing.
- Buildings and Equipment for Small Ruminants.