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Program

Climate-Smart Agriculture and Soil Health

Soil testing, water stewardship and resilient planting for a changing climate.

IntermediateEast Africa
Agriculture students kneeling in a field, examining handfuls of soil
Duration
8 weeks
Weekly hours
5 hours / week
Format
Hybrid
Language
English
Certification
Certificate of Completion

Overview

Build resilience into your farm from the ground up: test and feed your soil, capture and save water, and plan for drought.

What you will learn

  • Test and interpret soil
  • Plan fertility with organic inputs
  • Harvest and store rainwater
  • Design drip irrigation
  • Schedule water from soil moisture
  • Write a climate risk plan

Included courses

Instructor

Sample instructor

Dr. Wanjiru Kamau

Irrigation Engineer · East Africa

Wanjiru designs affordable drip systems for farms in Kenya's semi-arid counties and has trained more than 400 extension officers.

Drip irrigationWater budgetingRainwater harvesting

Certification

Certificate of Completion

Confirms you completed every lesson and assessment in the course.

Requirements to earn it

  • Complete all lessons
  • Pass each module check-in with 70% or more
  • Submit the final reflection

Prerequisites

  • None

Who this is for

  • Smallholders
  • Extension officers
  • Agronomy students

Next start: 26 January 2027

Tuition information coming soon

You are enrolling in “Climate-Smart Agriculture and Soil Health”, starting 26 January 2027. You can leave the course at any time.

Tuition information coming soon