Many products are grown from fibre crops, including food, clothing and materials. If you’d like to learn about the versatility of fibre crops and their production, this online agronomy course is ideal for you.
Certificate of Agronomy – Fibre Crops is an online professional development course that will show you how modern and traditional fibre crops can be grown to produce a wide variety of products.
In this online agronomy course, you will learn the fundamentals of how to grow successful fibre crops, commercial viability, production systems, crop rotation and management principles, assessment of land suitability and types of fibre crops.
You will also learn about the production of cotton, jute, hemp, flax and leaf, grass and fruit fibres, fibre processing and the future of fibre crops.
On completion of this course, you will have a foundational understanding of how to farm fibre crops.
Course Structure
Unit - Agronomy – Fibre Crops
Unit 1 – Scope and Nature of Fibre Crops
- Fibre properties
- Fibre uses
- Types of fibre crops
- Commercial viability
- Assessing land characteristics
- Assessing land suitability
- Broad acre farming
- Crop production considerations
- Production systems
- Crop rotation and management
Unit 2 – Cotton – Part 1
- Cotton production
- Sustainable agriculture
- Crop rotation
- Conservation tillage
- Insects (aphids, armyworm, cotton bollworm)
- Cotton diseases
- Grey mildew disease
- Wilt diseases
- Asochyta blight
- Alternaria leaf spot
- Viral diseases
- Cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD)
- Cotton bunchy top disease
- Bacterial blight
- Pesticides and insecticides
- Cotton life cycle
- Types of cotton
- Better cotton initiative
- Genetic modification
Unit 3 – Cotton – Part 2
- Cotton fibre properties
- Improving properties of cotton fibre
- Flexural testing
- Industrial usages of cotton
- Cotton fibre in clothing
- Wicking
- Cotton – milkweed blends
- Ginning
- Coloured cotton
- Textile dyeing
- Load bearing materials
- Harvesting
- Cotton pickers
- Cotton strippers
- Cotton ginning
- Uses of cotton
Unit 4 – Jute
- Types and properties of jute
- Jute production
- Climatic requirements for jute
- Jute characteristics
- Genetic yield improvements
- Pests and diseases
- Harvesting
- Uses and consumption
Unit 5 – Industrial Hemp
- Hemp terminology
- Types and properties
- Cultivation
- Countries of production
- Climate
- Soil fertility and water
- Pests and diseases
- Seed cost
- Genetic modification
- Harvesting
- Uses and consumption
- Geotextiles
- Fabric
- Carbon capture
- Phytoremediation
- Hempseed
- Building
- Paper
- Cannabidiol
Unit 6 – Sunn Hemp and Kenaf (Deccan Hemp)
- Sunn hemp properties
- Cultivation
- Soil fertility
- Water
- Cost
- Phytoremediation
- Pests and diseases
- Genetic modification
- Harvesting
- Retting
- Uses
- Fibre
- Wedd control
- Grazing
- Green manure
- Biofuel
- Kenaf (deccan hemp)
- Types and properties
- Cultivation
- Countries of production
- Climate
- Soil fertility
- Water requirements
- Pests and diseases
- Harvesting and processing
- Uses and consumption
Unit 7 – Flax
- Types and properties
- Cultivation
- Countries of production
- Climate, soil and water requirement
- Pests and diseases
- Genetic modification
- Harvesting
- Processing
- Uses and consumption
- Fabric
- Bio composites and industrial materials
- Paper
- Bioplastic
- Food
Unit 8 – Leaf and Grass Fibres
- Leaf fibres abaca and sisal
- Abaca
- Types and properties
- Production and cultivation
- Pests and diseases
- Harvesting and processing
- Uses and consumption
- Sisal
- Cultivation
- Harvesting and processing
- Uses and consumption
- Grass fibres – sugarcane and bamboo
- Sugarcane
- Properties
- Cultivation
- Growing & production
- Soil conditions
- Ratooning
- Tillage
- Crop rotation and break crops
- Harvesting
- Burn-offs
- Sugarcane straw
- Pests and diseases
- Uses and consumption
- Sugar, energy, bioethanol
- Bioplastics/biomaterials
- Paper and containers
- Alcohol – rum
- Bamboo
- Types and properties
- Cultivation
- Pests and diseases
- Harvesting and processing
- Uses and consumption
- Food, fuel, medicine
- Building materials
- Furniture, household items and accessories
- Clothing and paper
Unit 9 – Fruit Fibre – Coir
- Types and properties
- Production and cultivation
- Countries of production
- Climate
- Soil fertility
- Water requirement
- Cultivars
- Pests and diseases
- Harvesting and processing
- Uses and consumption
- Cordage
- Horticulture
- Construction material
Unit 10 – Fibre Processing and the Fibre Future
- Fibre quality
- Retting
- Biological retting
- Dew retting
- Water retting
- Enzyme retting
- Chemical retting
- Mechanical retting
- Physical retting
- Drying
- Fibre future
- Hybrid composites
- Geotextiles
- Building industry
- Car interiors
- Genetic improvements
- Other fibre sources
Study Hours
Estimated duration 50 hours
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Assessment
Assessment will be comprised of written exercises, including short-answer questions, reflective tasks, short reports and/or projects. There are no examinations or due dates for assessment. As a result, you can complete training in your own time and at your own pace with the assistance of unlimited tutor support.
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Testimonials
The content through lessons is easily understood and set out well. Overall experience has been enjoyable.
R. Jansen, Townsville, QLD | Certificate of Agronomy Fibre Crops
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