fruit arboriculture training
Gain expertise in fruit arboriculture focusing on apples, pears, and cherries. The course covers designing training systems, developing pruning schedules, implementing site-specific protocols, and strategies to increase yields, improve fruit quality, enhance labour efficiency, and ensure worker safety in contemporary commercial orchards across Namibia.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course offers hands-on guidance for setting up effective training systems for apples, pears, and cherries. Participants will learn to select appropriate rootstocks, determine optimal spacing and canopy designs based on local climate and facilities, create pruning schedules, enhance yields and fruit quality, optimise labour and machinery use, and combine pruning with irrigation, nutrition, pest management, and safety measures to achieve reliable and profitable orchard output.
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Develop skills
- Design training systems by matching rootstocks, planting density, and climate conditions for maximum yields.
- Develop pruning calendars that schedule cuts, tying, and wood renewal tailored to each orchard block.
- Perform accurate pruning to establish canopy structure, control tree vigour, and maintain productive fruiting wood.
- Integrate pruning practices with integrated pest management, including canopy adjustments, sprays, irrigation, and nutrition.
- Optimise workforce efficiency and safety through improved harvesting methods, mechanisation, and protective measures.
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