Superior Technology in Agroecology

Get ready to be a professional in the area of ​​agroecology. Develop your skills to comprehensively manage family agricultural production units, in agricultural companies, in cooperatives and producer associations and / or in local governments. Apply agricultural and livestock production techniques integrating ancestral knowledge.

Get ready to be a professional in the area of ​​agroecology. Develop your skills to comprehensively manage family agricultural production units, in agricultural companies, in cooperatives and producer associations and / or in local governments. Apply agricultural and livestock production techniques integrating ancestral knowledge.

Basic data

Degree

Senior Technologist in Agroecology

Duration

4 semesters (2 years)

Schedule

Starting at 17:00 p.m. with virtual / face-to-face classes (practice on Saturdays or by prior arrangement with a tutor)

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Superior Technology in Agroecology

Professional Profile

Get ready to be a professional in the area of ​​agroecology. Develop your skills to comprehensively manage family agricultural production units, in agricultural companies, in cooperatives and producer associations and / or in local governments. Apply agricultural and livestock production techniques integrating ancestral knowledge.

Occupational field

Join the world of work in areas such as:

  • Agricultural production without the use of agrochemicals.
  • Technical assistance.
  • Nursery management.
  • Manufacture of fertilizers and biopesticides.
  • Marketing of agro-ecological products. 

Study Plan

Level One
Subject
Prerequisite
  • ECOLOGICAL BASES FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
  • APPLIED BIOLOGY
  • BOTANY
  • FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Level One
Subject
Prerequisite
  • MINOR ANIMAL CARE, BEEKEEPING
  • ENTOMOLOGY
  • FUNDAMENTALS OF GENETICS FOR SELECTION OF SEEDS AND BREEDING FEET
    APPLIED BIOLOGY
  • SOIL MANAGEMENT AND BIOLOGY
  • PRACTICES I: AGRICULTURAL AND ZOOTECHNICAL
  • AGROECOLOGICAL PRODUCTION 1
    ECOLOGICAL BASES FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
Level One
Subject
Prerequisite
  • URBAN AGRICULTURE AND FOOD
  • CIRCULAR AND SOLIDARITY ECONOMY, PEASANT ECONOMY
  • WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RECYCLING
    SOIL MANAGEMENT AND BIOLOGY
  • INTERCULTURALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
  • PRACTICES 2: VEGETABLES AND FRUITS
  • AGROECOLOGICAL PRODUCTION 2
    AGROECOLOGICAL PRODUCTION 1
Level One
Subject
Prerequisite
  • ASSOCIATIONISM, COOPERATIVISM, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION
  • POST HARVEST HANDLING AND PRODUCT TRANSFORMATION
  • LINKING PRACTICES
  • TITLING PROJECT
  • PLANT REPRODUCTION, SEED AND NURSERY MANAGEMENT / AGROFORESTAL AND SILVOPASTORILE SYSTEMS
  • IRRIGATION AND WATER MANAGEMENT
  • AGROFORESTRY AND WILDLIFE SYSTEMS

Coordination

Career coordinator: 
Second Adolfo Verdugo Navas
secondverdugo@uazuay.edu.ec