Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) organised training on “Agronomy: Crop Rotation and Management” within the framework of OIC Cotton Training Programme (OIC-CTP) at the Mozambique Institute for Cotton in Maputo, Mozambique, on 14-18 January 2013. The course was provided by Dr Said Abd El-Tawab Farag Hamoda, an expert from Agricultural Research Centre in Egypt, and was attended by agronomists, researchers and technicians from public and private sector.
The training course on “Agronomy: Crop Rotation and Management” mainly covered the following subjects:
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Crop rotation
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Rotations
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Objectives of crop rotation
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Kinds of crop rotation
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Crop rotation and its relation to soil fertility
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Crop rotation and its relation to weeds, insect, pests and plant diseases control
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The kinds of crop which planting in cotton rotation
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Fertilization under cotton rotation
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Intercropping of cotton
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Advantage of intercropping
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The kinds of crops which intercropping with cotton
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The management of crops within Intercropping
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Cotton transplanting
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Advantage of transplanting
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Techniques of the transplanting of cotton seedling
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Paper pot method
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Plastic sheet
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Nursery preparation and transplanting
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The management of cotton seedlings after transplanting in field
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Planting cotton under stress conditions
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Salinity (planting cotton in salinity soil and irrigated with saline water)
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Drought and foliar application of some drought tolerance inducers
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High temperature
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Cotton management
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Land preparation
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No tillage and minimum tillage,
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planting dates (Early and late planting),
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Planting methods,
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Plant population and plant distributions,
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Replanting and Thinning,
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Weed control
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Pest control
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Picking
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Fertilization in cotton
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Mineral fertilization with NPK and Micro elements
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Organic fertilization
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Preparing the compost
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Bio – fertilization
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Super Bio fertilization
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Elements deficiency symptoms
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Irrigation in cotton
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Irrigation Intervals
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Requirements of irrigation
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New irrigation systems (Surface- Sprinkler -drip irrigation)
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Rain fed irrigation
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The mechanization of cotton production
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Land preparation and levelling by using LASER techniques
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Planting with precision planters
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Irrigation by using New irrigation systems
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control the plant canopy size
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Chemical applications with ultra-violate sprayers
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Cotton picking and cleaning by using different designs of spindles and spirals system
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