Organic Agriculture and Food Production is a three-year, full-time first-cycle programme taught in English at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, ending with a bachelor's degree. It is for you if you want to work in organic production along the whole chain, from the field to processing and certification.
The first year gives you a base in environment protection, chemistry, botany, agrometeorology, soil science and agroecology, together with an introduction to organic agriculture and the control and certification system of organic production. Next you study organic crops and grassland farming, weed management, plant protection, fertilisation, plant breeding, livestock production, and organic vegetable and fruit production. In the final year you deal with conversion of a farm to the organic system, processing of organic plant and animal raw materials, economics and organisation of organic farms, international agricultural markets, herbs in organic farming and entrepreneurship in organic business. The programme was drawn up in line with the expectations of employers from the organic food sector, and some classes are taught by specialists from abroad.
Study trips: you visit organic farms in the second year and organic processing plants in the third, so you see in practice what you study in lectures.
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Erasmus from the second year: you can take part in international exchange under the Erasmus programme, and from the third semester you shape your own path with a wide range of electives.
Graduates know the specifics of the organic food market and can work in:
Based on the programme pages at sggw.edu.pl and the SGGW syllabus.
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