INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIC LIVESTOCK
In November 2016, for the first time, the IBEM promoted a course in the Northeast of the country. The course Introduction to Organic Livestock was the result of a partnership between IBEM and the Agronomic Institute of Perbambuco (IPA). The course was 24 hours long and included theoretical classes in Carpina and practices at the Itambé Experimental Station in Pernambuco.
Open to the general community, the course aimed to qualify people from different groups of society to work in agroecological systems of animal production, especially in organic animal system production and related topics. Fifteen IPA technicians and ten community members participated, among students, producers and technicians from related areas of Pernambuco and neighboring states. The veterinarians Angela Escosteguy (IBEM) and Dr. Patrícia Gallindo Carrazzoni (IPA), ministred the course.
It was three days of intense work at CETREINO – Training Center in Carpina. The program addressed: Food production systems; Bases and perspectives of organic livestock; Animal welfare; Organic production legislation; Sanitary management to control parasitizes; Processing and use of bioactive and medicinal plants in veterinary; Transition to organic production model; Organic foods: characteristics and market.
The practical activities at the CETREINO included
- Elaboration of the Organic Management Plan and transition to organic model;
- Processing of bioactive and medicinal plants.
The station’s coordinator, Dr. Fernando Tenório Filho, foresees that the transition phase and the creation of organic sheep will begin in 2017.
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