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Main professional skills


VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL PRODUCTION

Agronomy and Forestry professionals consult about the choice of cultivation and breeding plans, about the use of the best cultivation techniques of farming land and forests as well as to optimise earnings in agribusiness.

 

ANIMAL FEEDING
Agronomy and Forestry professionals consult for fodder producers about and assist the breeder to plan the most rational use of fodders and food supplements to work out the best balanced diets.

 

PLANTS DISEASES and BUGS
Agronomy and Forestry professionals are on duty to prevent diseases and treat cultivations as well as to protect them from bugs with full respect for environment.

 

PLANTS and ANIMALS GENETIC IMPROVEMENT
Agronomy and Forestry professionals, together with scientific laboratories, carry out genetic research of plants and animals aiming at production increase and development of new varieties and better disease resistant races; this is done also by using new bio engineering technologies.

 

QUALITY CONTROL in AGROINDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
Agronomy and Forestry professionals make quality check up of both agricultural products and their processing in food industry in order to guarantee the best quality. In particular they guarantee:

  • check up of biological cultivations;
  • check up of fruit and vegetables for export;
  • certification of conformity to enforced rules;
  • setting up of quality assurance methods in agribusiness companies.

 

ECONOMIC PLANNING and FARM VALUATIONS
Agronomy and Forestry professionals plan production cycles and economic activities of agricultural and forestry farms and valuate land tenures and farming capitals. In particular they:

  • valuate heritage allocations;
  • valuate market value of agricultural and forestry farms and their production;
  • take care of bookkeeping and computerised balance sheet.

 

 

RURAL BUILDINGS for AGROINDUSTRIAL and DWELLING
Agronomy and Forestry professionals engineer rural and dwelling buildings as well as agribusiness buildings. In particular they take care of engineering and fabrication works management of:

  1. wineries, oil mills, buildings for storage and processing of animal and vegetable products;
  2. agritourism buildings;
  3. breeding barns;
  4. houses, within the range of competence of diploma civil engineers.

 

LAND REGISTER WORKS
Agronomy and Forestry professionals make land register works, topography and cartography both for rural and urban land register.

 

RECLAMATION, IRRIGATION, WATER and AIR PROTECTION
Agronomy and Forestry professionals work out reclaiming and irrigation projects of both rural areas and farms; they lend their skills also for irrigation systems of parks, gardens and industrial green.
Main areas of intervention are:

  1. determination of cultivations water balancing;
  2. superficial and sub superficial drain;
  3. rain type, spray and drop irrigation systems. Agronomy and Forestry professionals work out all studies and interventions aiming at water and air protection;
  4. engineering and works management of artificial reservoirs.

 

TERRITORIAL PLANNING and ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ESTIMATION
Agronomy and Forestry professionals take care of territory planning in rural areas; they act in safeguarding and recovering landscape and environment; work out estimates of environmental impact. In particular they take care of:

  1. rural world value;
  2. socio-economical classification of rural territory;
  3. determination of building permits in rural areas;
  4. study of territorial structure and local, urban and landscape plans;
  5. environmental impact valuation.

 

SOIL STUDY, USE and PROTECTION
Agronomy and Forestry professionals check soil features to rationalise its exploitation also for other than agriculture and forestry use.
In particular they care for:

  1. soil classification;
  2. determination of soil suitability for different use (agriculture, forestry, urbanisation, industrial, etc.);
  3. identification and defence of areas with hydrogeological vulnerability;
  4. plans for reclaiming and exploitation of peat bogs and open air quarries.


PARKS and GARDENS
Agronomy and Forestry professionals look after the fulfilment of public and private green harmonising them with environmental and pedoclimatic features to obtain the best outcome and landscape respect. In particular the Agronomy and Forestry professionals look after:

  1. territory landscaping and urban fabric (parks, gardens, street trees, cycling tracks, playgrounds, industrial green) project with respect for landscape;
  2. projects and plans for reclaiming of neglected areas;
  3. fulfilment of soundproofing green barriers.

 

FORESTRY SETTLEMENT
Agronomy and Forestry professionals plot agricultural, forestal and pastoral rearrangement plans to optimise management of mountainous territories, both for its economy and ecology.
In particular they work out:

  1. climatology analysis;
  2. thickening and cut of forest trees;
  3. improvement of meadows-pastures productivity.

 

TECHNICAL CONSULTING and TECHNICAL DISSEMINATION
Agronomy and Forestry professionals have the most qualified roles to link up between test institutes and the agricultural entrepreneur and disseminate the most suitable techniques.

In particular they care for:
1) prescription of crop production products;
2) dissemination of technological innovations;
3) farm bookkeeping;

Agronomy and Forestry professionals are highly qualified people not just for what refers to all scientific, technical, administrative and economical issues related to the agricultural and forestry sector but also for the conservation and compatible use of environment both natural and populated.
For any doubts or controversy about the duties of Italian Agronomy and Forestry professionals youʼre invited to revert to Ordini Provinciali dei Dottori Agronomi e dei Dottori Forestali located in the cities hosting Ordine Provinciale.

(Source: http://www.conaf.it/prinicipali-competenze-pro