Mastering camelina cultivation

Description

Camelina: transforming a diversification crop into a technical and economic opportunity.
Boosted by a rapidly expanding market, camelina requires precise control of its cultivation itinerary if it is to achieve its full potential. This training course offers a complete technical and economic approach to successfully integrating camelina into cropping systems.

The program includes

1. camelina: basics and challenges

• Origin, development cycle and agronomic characteristics
• Crop strengths and positioning in cropping systems

2. market opportunities and value-adding framework

• Main outlets: sustainable fuels, food and feed, cosmetics, industrial uses
• Regulatory context

3.camelina technical itineraries

• Conditions for success and choice of plot
• Planting and varietal selection
• Fertilization and weed management
• Pest and disease management
• Adapting the itinerary to the type of crop: main crop, summer or winter catch crop, intercropping

4 Harvesting and securing production

• Key harvesting principles and settings
• Mowing and raking

5.camelina in organic farming

• Agronomic benefits
• Technical specificities and outlets

6.economic performance

• Comparison of margins according to technical itineraries
• Economic analysis at crop system level

7.field diagnosis

• Observation of plots and/or trials
• Collective analysis of situations encountered

Training objectives

At the end of the course, participants will be able to :

• Understand the agronomic, economic and regulatory issues involved in growing camelina.
• Identify the various outlets for camelina and their requirements
• Recommend key cultivation techniques for successful camelina production, whatever the cropping method (main crop, catch crop, combination, organic farming).
• Adapt camelina technical itineraries to soil and climate conditions and to production objectives.

Teaching methods

Face-to-face format with a field component (depending on conditions and training period):

• Theoretical classroom input: Presentation of the crop, its outlets and technical itineraries (main crop, catch crop, combination), illustrated by trial results and concrete case studies.

• Field observation: Analysis of real-life situations in plots and observation of trials to carry out collective diagnoses and illustrate technical levers.

Active methods: Presentations, case studies, practical exchanges, questions and answers, applied diagnostics.

Assessment: Quiz to validate knowledge acquired, questions and answers throughout the course, self-assessment by participants, individual satisfaction survey.

Teaching resources

Theoretical support: Presentations, lectures, regulatory texts and summary documents given to participants.

Case studies: Real-life situations based on experimental results and feedback from the field, analyzed collectively.

Practical exchanges: Sharing of experiences between participants and trainers to enrich technical analysis and diagnoses.

Assessment methods

Accessibility information

If you have any requests for adaptations to help you succeed in your course, please contact the Disability Advisor:

Christel CARO

Tel: 01 30 79 95 09

Mail: formation@terresinovia.fr