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Ozone and Tropical Agriculture (on demand)

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This on-demand course will introduce you to the threat posed by ground level ozone pollution to tropical agriculture. It will give you the knowledge, skills and confidence to identify when and where ozone is likely to pose a threat to tropical crops. It is FREE for learners from ODA countries.

What's included?

  • 5 core modules
  • 1 optional module
  • 9 training videos
  • Downloadable course resources (transcripts & slides)
  • 2 exercises
3 factsheets
7 quizzes
 Course certificate
Total learning time approx. 7 hours

Learning Outcome & Objectives

Learning Outcome:
By the end of the course, you will have an understanding of the threat posed by ground level ozone to tropical agriculture. Crucially, a knowledge of the tools to identify ozone injury, and different methods to tackle the threat from ozone pollution.

Learning Objectives:
  1. Knowledge of ground level ozone formation processes.
  2. Identification of when and where you will get high ozone conditions in your area
  3. Greater confidence in attributing injury symptoms to ozone or another source of damage to crop plants
  4. Ability to understand and describe plant physiological and metabolic consequences of ozone intake beyond visible injury
  5. Knowledge of how ozone injury affects crop value (economic and nutritional)
  6. Greater confidence in knowing how to manage the threat from ground level ozone pollution
  7. Greater awareness of resources available to you to help tackle ozone pollution

Trainers/ Objectives

 The training content  for this course was developed by Mike Perring, Josie Foster and Felicity Hayes with additional material provided by Dr Ingo Schüder, Amanda Holder, Katrina Sharps and Phil Taylor (CABI).

Our students love us

The feedback on this course is 100% positive in 2024.

"This course was so good, I found this very informative."
Learner feedback - December 2021
“I'm very happy that now I'm more informed about ozone in general and how plants react to this pollution. I enjoyed this course”.  
Learner feedback - March 2022
"This was the wonderful course, I enjoyed the presentations very much."
Learner feedback - December 2021
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