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[Christos Vasilikiotis <adriane@otenet.gr>]

Title: Agroecology Design Course Update

We would like to inform you that the starting date for the Agroecology Design Course, the second in our Agroecology Online Course Series, has been extended to February 9th, 2004. The new deadline for registration is now February 6th, 2004. Please circulate this updated information to anyone who you feel might benefit from this course.

Sincerely,

Christos Vasilikiotis, Ph.D.

Miguel Altieri, Ph.D.

University of California, Berkeley

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AGROECOLOGY ONLINE COURSE SERIES

Agroecology Design Course

February 9 - March 26, 2004

The Agroecology Design Course, the second in our Agroecology Online Course Series, is being offered this spring.

This web-based seven-week course on the the design of biodiverse and sustainable agroecosystems is appropriate to agricultural professionals (farmers, researchers, extension agents and advanced students). The course will cover the practical aspects of sustainable agriculture such as the role of biodiversity in agriculture, ecological pest management, organic soil management and the design of sustainable agricultural systems through crop diversification schemes.

COURSE WEB SITE:

> <http://www.agroeco.org/agroecology>

FACULTY:

> Miguel A Altieri, Ph.D
> Professor of Agroecology,
> University of California, Berkeley, USA
>
> Christos Vasilikiotis, Ph.D
> Researcher, Lecturer & Practitioner in Ecological
> Agriculture,
> Thessaloniki, Greece
>
> Clara I. Nicholls, Ph.D
> Research Fellow,
> University of California, Berkeley, USA

COURSE FEES:   

> ¤ 350.00
> (Farmers and students ¤
> 250.00).
> Fees shown are in euros (¤ ). See registration form for
> paying in other currencies and other payment details.
>

COURSE DATES:           February 9 - March 26, 2004

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:  February 6, 2004

> To register, please fill out the course registration form
> which is available from the course web site 
> (<http://www.agroeco.org/agroecology>).

For further info send e-mail to agroecology@porfyra.com

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  Christos Vasilikiotis         agroecology@porfyra.com

 Thessaloniki, GREECE

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."

-Mahatma Gandhi
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