course curriculum

    1. Welcome to Part 2

    2. Defining "agriculture"

    3. World history of agriculture

    4. Class Objectives

    1. Coffee exports 1852-2022

    2. Smallholders in coffee

    1. Biotic + Abiotic Factors

    2. Soil nutrients and pH

    3. Microorganisms

    4. Test 1: History + Ecology

    1. Coffee's lifecycle and production stages

    2. Thought exercise: Preparing to plant.

    3. Important factors when planting a farm

    4. Nursery

    5. Transplant + Cultivate

    6. Flowering

    7. Fruit ripening

    8. Harvest!

    9. The annual plant cycle

    1. Yearly cultivation tasks

    2. Detailing common tasks

    3. Test 2: Stages of coffee production

    1. Five Farming Systems

    2. Valuing "shade grown"

    3. Continued reading + takeaways

    4. Land suitability study

    5. The Plant Disease Triangle

    6. Hear from Las Lajas Micromill in Costa Rica

    7. Test 3: Farming systems + pressures

    8. Your takeaways

    9. My takeaways + thank you to our contributors

About this course

  • Free
  • 31 lessons
  • 2 hours of video content

what the alum say:

5 star rating

Excellent Insight into Coffee as Agriculture

Gustavo Guerra

This was a very well-structured and informative course. The content provides a clear understanding of coffee as an agricultural product and highlights the many factors that influence its cultivation, productivity, and quality. Highly recommended f...

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This was a very well-structured and informative course. The content provides a clear understanding of coffee as an agricultural product and highlights the many factors that influence its cultivation, productivity, and quality. Highly recommended for anyone looking to better understand the agricultural foundations of coffee.

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5 star rating

Coffee is Agriculture

Joe DiPangrazio

Very in depth and interesting

Very in depth and interesting

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