Certificate Course in
Organic Agriculture
CCOA

Morarka Foundation Initiative for
Development of Trained Human
Resource for Agribusiness

    Morarka Foundation being a not for profit voluntary organization has been promoting value addition in agriculture since 1993. From being a successful grass root level implementing agency, today it is also recognized as a leading resource organization offering solutions for sustainable agriculture in the world.

    During its journey, it has created new employment opportunities for over 10,000 rural youths. for very long, the capacity building of the youths was being done thorugh informal and in-house efforts. Subsequentlly, the methods developed for training were recognized by Academic Institutions as well as by the Agribusiness Industry.

    In the Year 2003 JRNR Vidhypeeth, Udaipur, entered into a formal collaboration with Morarka Foundaion to launch "Certificate Course in Organic Agriculture".

    This course has not only provided formally trained human resource to Morarka Foundation, but has also become the only source of quallified manpower of over 50 Organic Agribusiness Organizations in India.

Human Resource Requirement for
Transforming Agriculture into
Agribusiness

    Agriculture has been pursed by the farming community, more like a livehood activity and not as a profession. With the result, both technology transfer as well as value addition in agriculture has not been as successful as it has been in many other areas.

    Agruculture education has similarly been designed to create trained extension and research professinals. The practitioners of agriculture have not been offered suitable apportunities for training and capacity building through formal methods.

    Today, on one hand, we have candidates having qualifications, which are more than reequired , while on other hand, the jobs in agribusiness sector are being filled by candidates without any formal training. This is particularly true for positions at Entry Level as well as for Junior Supervisory Positions.

    Certificate Course in Organic Agriculture has been designed to bridge this gap. This course also offers successful candidates an opportunity to set up their own Agribusiness Enterprises.

About the Course

    The Certificate Course has been designed to develop basic technical and business skills of the candidates required for field level work. This course helps successful candidates in taking up Supervisory Positions in Agribusinesses. The classroom learning during this course includes:

1. Basic Cources

• General Agriculture
• Organic Agriculture
• Organic Standards and Certification
• Agriculture Produce and Products
• Organic Food Production and Processing
• Marketing of Organic Products
• Communication Written & Spoken

    The practical training for three months is provided in real life agribusiness environment. Candidates are placed during this training with private sector companies engaged in organic production, processing and marketing.

Eligibility

    Candidates with Under Graduate or Equivalent to 12th Pass are eligible for this Course. Priority will be given to the candidates coming from Rural Areas and having direct hands-on experience in agriculture and related field.

Employers of Trained Human Resource and Associates of Morarka Foundation in Organic Agribusiness Sector

• Aayam Herbal & Research Industries, Jaipur
• Bansal Nature Vest, Uttaranchal and Kutch
• Boi- Sourcing, Bhubneshwar
• CII, Dungarpur
• Dena Organics, New Zealand
• Fresh product Shop, New Delhi
• Geo Fresh Organic, Ahamdabad
• Heritage Foods, New Delhi
• IITC Pvt. Ltd., Lukhnow
• Issan Golden Agri, Thailand
• ITC-IBD, Kota
• Jain Irrigation, Rajpur
• Kamyab agri Infotech Pvt Ltd., Jaipur
• Kanhika Agri-Biotech (P) Ltd., Bhilwada
• Khodlyar Farm, Gujarat
• KOTAK Mahindra, Tonk
• Life Foundation, Sri Lanka
• LT Overaseas Ltd., New Delhi
• Maneesh International, Rajkot
• Mapple Org. Tech. Pvt Ltd., Dehradun
• Mendocino, Chandigarh
• MESA, USA
• Narco Exports, Gurgaon
• Nature's Delight, Ludhiana
• Nature Land Organic Agri Exports, Ganganagar
• New Friends Organic, New Delhi
• OneCert Asia Agri Certification Pvt. Ltd., Jaipur
• Ohm Group of Companies, Jaipur
• PEMON, Kathmandu, Nepal
• Pure Diets India Ltd, New Delhi
• Raj Tech Agri Plantation Pvt. Ltd., jaipur
• Seva Mandir, Udaipur
• SGS Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon
• Sresta Natural Bioproduct Ltd., Hyderabad
• Sun Star Overseas Ltd., New Delhi
• Sutlej Agriculture Pvt. Ktd., New Delhi
• Swami Corporation, Mumbai
• Vermiplus Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia
• Wearology Ltd, Mumbai

Award of Certificate

    The Certificate is awarded to successful candidates by Janardan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidhyapeeth, Udaipur.

• Availability or Prospectus from November 2006 for the New Batch Commencing from January 2007
• Admission Test to be held in December 2006
• Commencement of Classes from Mid January 2007