On December 19, the advanced Integrated Pest Management (IPM) course, organized by Genoma Laboratorio and developed over the past three months in weekly two-hour sessions, concluded.
The final session, both in person and online (for students who were unable to attend for various reasons), was led by UMU professor Paco Calvo, director of the Minimum Intelligence Laboratory (Mint Lab), who spoke on the topic "Planta Sapiens: Forging Alliances to Optimize Agricultural Performance."
The talk was very interesting and enjoyable, prompting a broad debate at the end between the professor and attendees. This discussion was motivated by the novelty of the ideas developed by the professor and the students' interest in future applications in the production field of tools based on some of the possibilities of his research.
Fifty-three students participated in the course, including technicians from all over Spain and from the agricultural sector, either in the production area or in the services and inputs area. Fourteen talks were given, lasting over 35 hours. All instructors provided supplementary documentation (more than 100 documents) to enhance the students' knowledge and training, and they were able to download the material for professional use.
In addition, all students were given a copy of Professor Paco Calvo's book "Planta Sapiens," either in paperback or digital format, depending on whether they attended the talk in person or not.
Overall, students' feedback is that they were very satisfied with the course, the topics, and the faculty, finding it very useful.
At Genoma Laboratorio, we are pleased that this is the case and continue working to address new training challenges in the future to help the sector advance knowledge and training, the basic pillars of productive, efficient, and sustainable agriculture.
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