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In this self-study course, you will learn how to use pesticides safely.  It will take about 30 to 60 minutes of your time and you will receive an PDF certificate. 

This is a course of the Agribusiness e-Academy developed by Agri-Business Facility for Africa (ABF)! 


Who is this course for?
Micro, small and medium sized agricultural entrepreneurs. Also for agribusiness trainers, professionals and agricultural extension agents. You do not need any other courses as prerequisites.

What will you learn?
After completing this course, you will know how to safely use pesticides on your field and how to store them correctly.

What certification will you receive?
You will receive an automatically created course certificate upon completion that you can access via 'my certificates'. The course is completetd if you watched all the videos and received more than 50% of the points in the quizzes.

Download section: In the video clips, information on how to calibrate your knapsack sprayer and information on hazard signs are shown. You can download this information as well as the videos at the end of the course.

License: CC BY-NC-ND, GIZ

This course has been developed by Agribusiness Facility for Africa (GIZ) and it is part of the Agribusiness e-Academy by ABF. The 3D animations were produced in cooperation with Piano Keys Media in Accra, Ghana. In case of questions concerning the contents you can use the discussion forum or contact abf-eacademy@giz.de.



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