Short Course Details
Tobacco Classification
Tobacco pricing at the sales floors depend largely on the grade mark that is prescribed to the lot of Tobacco under consideration. The grade mark consists of at least three and up to five symbols to indicate the different physical characteristics of tobacco in the following order.
Course Objective
At the end of the course the participants should be able to:
- To correctly identify a plant position of given leaf.
- Differentiate leaf colours.
- Explain leaf blemishes.
- Prescribe a class to a lot of tobacco.
- Maintain good, firm and learn public relations.
Course Content
Resource Personnel
The course will be conducted using lectures, excursions, hand-outs, case studies and group discussions. Highly qualified training personnel, with extensive experience and practical field work will conduct the training sessions. Candidates will be provided with reading materials well in advance.
Short Course Summary
Tobacco Seedling Production
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Post – Reaping Handling of Tobacco
The course will be conducted using lectures, excursions, hand-outs, case studies and group discussions. Highly qualified training personnel, with extensive experience and practical field work will conduct the training sessions. Candidates will be provided with reading materials well in advance.
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Tobacco Classification
Practicing farm managers, Classifiers, Extension Officers, Arbitrators, Inspectors, and Subject Matter Specialists and such other staff in tobacco industry.
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Flue Cured Virginia Tobacco Field Management
The tobacco plant is a very sensitive species. Therefore, proper selection of the site of the field is of paramount importance. The eventual management of the crop in the field influences the yield and the quality of the tobacco that will be harvested. The price of the tobacco crop is determined on the basis of weight and quality of the cured leaf. Therefore, the management of the leaf in the field should be of the highest level possible so as to ensure good leaf leaving the field to the curing barns
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This course is designed to impart knowledge to those persons who want to go into Poultry as a business or to develop the skills for those who are already involved in broiler production. It offers a unique opportunity to gain practical skills in preparing for the establishment of the Broiler Unit or improving the profitability of the existing ones through improved technical and financial management skills.
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Practical animal nutrition and feed formulation
This course is designed to impart knowledge to those persons who want to understand animal nutrition and be able to compound their rations for various farm animals and to develop the skills of those who are already involved in animal production. It offers a unique opportunity to gain practical skills in preparing various feed rations on farm.
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