|
Week |
Place |
Date |
Hours |
Topic/Activity |
Responsible |
|
|
Week 1 |
Coto |
Saturday 19-May |
|
Arriving of participants to San Jose, capital of Costa Rica |
|
|
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Sunday 20-May |
|
Recovery from trip and road trip to Coto, plantation site |
C. Chinchilla |
|
Monday 21-May |
08:30-09:00 |
General guidelines for the course |
C. Chinchilla |
|
09.00-10:00 |
Introductory talk: Why the oil palm? |
R. Escobar |
|
10:00-10:15 |
Coffee break |
|
|
10:15-10:45 |
Oil palm uses |
C. Chinchilla |
|
10:45-12:00 |
Good agronomic management: the key to success |
C. Chinchilla |
|
12:00-14:00 |
Lunch |
|
|
14:00 -16:00 |
Morphology, growth and physiology of the oil palm |
H. Albertazzi |
|
|
|
|
|
16:15-17:30 |
Oil palm breeding |
A. Alvarado |
|
Tuesday 22-May |
Morning |
Field practice: growth measurements, phyllotaxy and dissection
of a palm, bunch analysis |
|
|
12:00-13:30 |
Lunch |
|
|
14:00-17:00 |
Nurseries |
C. Chinchilla |
|
17:00-17:30 |
Review and exercises |
C. Chinchilla |
|
Wednesday 23-May |
08.00-09.00 |
Biotechnology applied to oil palm breeding |
E. Araya |
|
09.00-12.00 |
Commercial seed processing |
H. Albertazzi |
|
12:00-13:30 |
Lunch |
|
|
14:00-17:00 |
Soils, climate and agroecology |
F. Peralta |
|
Thursday 24-May |
Morning |
Field practice: nurseries and field planting |
A.Carmona/C. Chinchilla |
|
12:00-13:30 |
Lunch |
|
|
14.00-16.00 |
Visit to the seed processing facilities |
H. Albertazzi |
|
16.00-17.30 |
Land preparation, infrastructure (roads and bridges) |
F. Peralta |
|
Friday 25-May |
08.00-12.00 |
Review, phytosanitary aspects and exercises |
C. Chinchilla |
|
12:00-13:30 |
Lunch |
|
|
14.00-17.00 |
Drainage and irrigation |
A. Rodríguez |
|
Saturday 26-May |
Morning |
Oil palm cloning and visit to the tissue culture lab. |
N. Guzmán |
|
12:00-14:00 |
Lunch |
|
|
Afternoon |
Review and exercises |
C. Chinchilla |
|
Sunday 27-May |
|
Leissure activities |
C. Chinchilla |
|
Week 2 |
Coto |
Monday 28-May |
Morning |
Field visit to commercial lots: seed varieties and clones |
A. Alvarado |
|
|
12:30-13:30 |
Lunch |
|
|
14.00-17.30 |
Planting and agronomic management of young plantations |
F. Peralta |
|
Tuesday 29-May |
08:00-12:00 |
Integrated pest management |
C. Chinchilla |
|
12:00-13:30 |
Lunch |
|
|
14:00-17:00 |
Harvesting and bunch transportation |
L. Nuñez |
|
Wednesday 30-May |
08:00-12:00 |
Field visit: phytosanitary aspects and harvest logistics |
L. Nuñez/ C. Chinchilla |
|
12:00-13:30 |
Lunch |
|
|
14.00-17.30 |
Weed control and cover crops |
A. Carmona |
|
Thursday 31-May |
8:00-12:00 |
Integrated disease management |
C. Chinchilla |
|
12:00-13:30 |
Lunch |
|
|
14:00-17:00 |
Plant nutrition and fertilization |
F. Ramirez |
|
Quepos |
Friday 1-Jun |
Morning |
Trip to Quepos |
|
|
Afternoon |
Administrative aspects |
R. Torres |
|
Saturday 2-Jun |
Morning |
Field visits: harvesting, irrigation and other routine taks |
R. Torres |
|
Sunday 3-Jun |
Morning |
Visit to Manuel Antonio Park |
R. Torres. A. Rodríguez |
|
Afternoon |
Return to San José |
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