Students will learn

1. to identify nematodes using morphological and molecular techniques;

2. to recognise the effects of nematodes on crops and their role in disease complexes;

3. to implement and advise on sustainable farming practices and improve agricultural productivity under rapidly changing environmental and climate conditions;

4. techniques and production of nematodes as biological control agents;

5. about nematodes in their role as ecosystem service providers.

The course is primarily academic in which applied knowledge is embedded. To create a more conducive and locally appropriate link for capacity building in the South, the programme has an international mobility option to Kenya with an internship, agricultural extension work and participation in a satellite training programme as educators.