Sustainable Soil for Life Association (SSLA)

Training Curriculum
Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Framework

Sustainble Agriculture and Food Processing

Vocational Certificate 1
Section Description Total Hours

M1 Soil Fertility Basics 93

M2 Crop Protection Basics 93

M3 Integrated Farming Practices 114

Small Farm Management

M4 75
Basics
M5 Food processing Techniques 75
M6 Small Farm Sales Techniques 50

M7 Food Systems Introduction 50

M8 English 90

Total Hours 640

Intership 360
TOTAL 1000
TVET) Framework

Main Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the school will be able to…

-Analyze and improve soil health by increasing organic matter (composting), closing nutrient cycles with legumes and
cover crops, and applying conservation agriculture (CA) principles.
'- Describe, examine and analyze soil profiles, soil texture and soil structure changes.
'- Categorize and mapping the different soil ecosystems in Cambodia.
'- Examine the effects of parent material on soil properties under drought stresses and rainfed floods climate conditions.
'- Appraise land-use changes of tropical sandy entisols/inceptisol of rainfed lowland rice ecosystem.
'- Investigate the soil degradation processes by erosion and leaching due to agriculture activities.
'- Locate and ground themselves in a territory, by using a place-based approach.
'- Cope with place-specificity based on landscape reading, highlight and value the sense of place.
'- Value the soil as grassroots of indigenous food sovereignty.
- Secure and enhance soil health and functioning for improved plant growth, particularly by managing organic matter and
by enhancing soil biological functionning.

- Maintain balance between pest and beneficial insects; use biological control & regulation techniques.
'- Making, arrange and using efficient botanical insecticides and biological pesticides.
'- Examine and resolve pest problem as an ecosystem unbalance within the farm.
'- Identity and monitor predators, parasitoids and pathogens by using pest identifier mobile apps.
'- Arrange and maintain favorable habitat for preserving beneficial insects (parasitoids and predators).
'- Focus primarily on preventive practices above and below ground to build your farm’s natural defenses.
'- Commit to achieve crop health through ecologically based pest management (EBPM).
'- Commit to enhance the conservation biological control of pests.
- Beneficial insects or good bugs include predators, parasitoids and pollinators.
- Explore the farm ecosysm and describ the main interactions amount farm components.
- Design and manage the integration, combination with other agricultural/livestock farming operations,
- Interlink in an integrated fish-crop-livestock farming system, with duck, chichen, fog associated with rice field and
horticulture.
- Master vegetables growing techniques in polyculture farming.
- Value animal wastes and waste feed particles which enter the food web of a farm ecosystem.
- Make own balanced animal food based on natural locally disponible raw materials
- Integrate trees to control nutrient leaching and soil erosion, reduce runoff and improve carbon sequestration.
- Build complementarity, synergies and positive interspecies competition, avoid non-benefical kind of competitions.

- Design small farms based on ecological processes and local market demand trends.
- Mapping farm by using mobile app (ex. FieldMargin)
- Draft business model canvas for small farms.(which outline values proposition, customer segments & relationship, sales
channels, revenue streams, key activities, ressources & partners and cost structures.)
'- Organize farm production planning and sales forecast, budget plan, based on business model canvas.
- Interprete the results from market research analysis to build business plan.
'- Keeping records on book-keeping to monitor farm income (use accounting & bookkeeping app), analyze and interpret
basic financial statements (Manage data by using capture tools like Hubdoc).
- Ensuring that the farm is profitable and meets projected financial targets, estimate range of risk, expected cost and profit
for small-scale farms.
- Use and interpret weather forecast and water harvesting and irrigation techniques (KSF app, Mo
- Draft planning and schelude based on given demand forecast/sales forecast
- Use crop planner app and use timeline sheet
- Select option the use resource more efficiency
- Self-assess and adjust
- Production Control & compare actual vs plan.
Post-Harvest Handling and Transportation Methods that Allow Small-Scale Growers To Deliver Top-Quality Produce
- Keeping foods clean and hygienic throughout the process by applying food safety good practices, quality control
standards and labelling of products.
- Process on-farm fruit and vegetable, and agricultural products use preservation and packaging techniques, reduced food
losses.
- Master post harvest steps, washing, blanching and sulphuring
'- Describe and apply principles of cooling, freezing, boiling, heating, salting techniques
- Master and apply dehydrating, drying, smoking techniques, using solar powered low-cost technologies.
'-Prepare basic processed products, using malting and soaking techniques.
- Master and use pickling & fermentation process, candying and jam and sauce making process.
- Prepare sugar, molasses, yeast, oils and fats, vinegar base, starch, essential oils, concentrated fruit juices, instant foods
and breverage.
- Prepare natural soap, shampoo, dishwashing liquid, dish detergent, natural rope braiding techniques
- Commit to process foods for improved livelihood, enabling farmer to sell processed products and added value products,
making produce easier to transport.
- Preserve and add value to agricultural commodities that have a production surplus, jams, jellies, peanut butter, tomato
salsas, pepper sauces and beans.

production of enriched, flavoured, banana porridge

The packaging of bi-products, honey, husk, etc. soy bean bi-products such as soy milk, soy sauce
Make processing and packaging of cheese, milk and yogurt.
Process raw traditional commodities such as cassava and banana into flour for the production of baked products (breads,
pastries).
- Packaging using vacuum fried and air-dried technology
- Adopt and apply appropriate marketing & sales strategies for small farm businesses by aligning the marketing mix (7Ps)
to support product positioning and to reach more customers (4Cs)
(Identify ways to differentiate and improve products (P1);Set the price, cost & profit balance (P2); Choose right place to
get products to customers (P3) Promotion: Set right advertisement to inform and draft what to tell to consumers (P4).
- Analyse different sale options and select the most appropriate model for their business
- Use SWOT to analyze farm business, production and sales plans by using SWOT.
- Prepare your Marketing Plan based on supply & demand, and real market information
- Apply appropriate post-harvest operations, handing, cleaning, packaging , pre-cooling techniques
- Arrange and use packaging based on natural renewable materials; set up label stickers following labeling rules, with as
showing the product origin.
- Set up a trace code for my farm production with a CPP Verifier.
- Keeping right financial records by Edit balance sheet, profit and loss statement, cash flow, working capital cycle.
- Describe the main options of farming contract, supplier agreements based on fair and sustainable

- Apply and be an active member in Agricultural Cooperative and farmers associations by participating in the governance,
decision-making and provided services to other farmers.
- Participate as active member in a Participative Guarantee System (PGS) group that follow the requirements of the
organic standards
- Use QR code and app traceability systems to track the product origin and production labels and ecological added values.
- Get involved in farmer initiatives for re-establishing a more direct connection between producers and consumers, by
mastering networks of farmers’ markets, community supported agriculture schemes, and others short supply chains
options.
- Commit to be involved in building a local food system, based on equity, participation, democracy, justice, and food
sovereignty that helps restore and protects earth’s life support systems.
- Engage as agent of change a transition to more socially just, ecologically resilient, localized food systems, equitable food
systems.
 Plant Nutrition
Cover Crop

Biological Control

Intercrops, Trap crops, Repellant Crops

Mechanical pest controls
 Conservation tillage

ps, Repellant Crops

al pest controls
Sustainable Soil for Life Association (SSLA)
Training Curriculum
Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Framework

Sustainble Agriculture and Food Processing

Curriculum Summary
Agroecology for Sustainable Farming and Food Systems

C0-Vocational Certificate 0
Total Hours
Module Description
Hours Theory Practice
M1 Soil Fertility Basics 50 12 38
M2 Crop Protection Basics 50 12 38
M3 Polyculture Gardening 77 12 65
M4 Small Farm Design Basics 77 12 65
M5 Candied and Dried Food Processing 74 9 65
M6 Post-harvest Handling and Transportation 40 12 28
M7 Supply Chains & Demand 37 9 28
M8 English 90 27 63
M9 Computer and Smartphone 45 15 30
M10 Soft Skills 45 15 30

Total Hours 540 120 390

Intership 270
Certificate C0 TOTAL HOURS 810 TOTAL CREDITS
% Practice
% Theory

C1-Vocational Certificate 1
Total Hours
Module Description Hours Theory Practice
M1 Living Soil Basics 50 12 38
M2 Pest Regulation Basics 50 12 38
M3 Integrated Livestock Farming 85 15 70
M4 Small Farm Planning Basics 85 15 70
M5 Pickled Food and Sauce Processing 85 15 70
M6 Promotion and Sales Techniques 38 10 28
M7 Food Certification 38 10 28
 M8 English 90 27 63
M9 Computer 45 12 33
M10 Soft Skills 45 12 33

Total Hours 566 128 405

Intership 270
Certificate C1 TOTAL HOURS 836 TOTAL CREDITS
% Practice
% Theory

C2-Vocational Certificate 2
Total Hours
Module Description
Hours Theory Practice
M1 Soil Health Basics 50 12 38
M2 Pest Livestock Management Basics 50 12 38
M3 Integrated Livestock Practices 72 12 60
M4 Small Farm Management Basics 72 12 60
M5 Food processing Techniques 69 9 60
M6 Small Farm Sales Techniques 47 9 38
M7 Food Systems Introduction 47 9 38
M8 English 90 30 60
M9 Computer 45 15 30
M10 Soft Skills 45 15 30

Total Hours 540 120 390

Intership 270
Certificate C2 TOTAL HOURS 810 TOTAL CREDITS
% Practice
% Theory

C3-Vocational Certificate 3
Total Hours
Module Description
Hours Theory Practice
M1 Soil Health Management 50 12 38
M2 Ecological Pest Management 50 12 38
M3 Integrated Farming Management 72 12 60
M4 Small Farm Management Basics 72 12 60
M5 Food processing Techniques 69 9 60
M6 Small Farm Sales Techniques 47 9 38
M7 Food Systems Introduction 47 9 38
M8 English 90 30 60
M9 Computer 45 15 30
M10 Soft Skills for Leadership 45 15 30

Total Hours 540 120 390

Intership 270
Certificate C3 TOTAL HOURS 810 TOTAL CREDITS
% Practice
% Theory
 Credits
Credits T Credits P
0.8 1.3
0.8 1.3
0.8 2.2
0.8 2.2
0.6 2.2
0.8 0.9
0.6 0.9
1.8 2.1
1.0 1.0
1.0 1.0

9.0 15.0
6.0
TOTAL CREDITS 30.0
% Practice 70.0
% Theory 30.0

Credits
Credits T Credits P
0.8 1.3
0.8 1.3
1.0 2.3
1.0 2.3
1.0 2.3
0.7 0.9
0.7 0.9
 1.8 2.1
0.8 1.1
0.8 1.1

9.3 15.7
6.0
TOTAL CREDITS 31.0
% Practice 70
% Theory 30

Credits
Credits T Credits P
0.8 1.3
0.8 1.3
0.8 2.0
0.8 2.0
0.6 2.0
0.6 1.3
0.6 1.3
2.0 2.0
1.0 1.0
1.0 1.0

9.0 15.0
6.0
TOTAL CREDITS 30.0
% Practice 70.0
% Theory 30.0

Credits
Credits T Credits P
0.8 1.3
0.8 1.3
0.8 2.0
0.8 2.0
0.6 2.0
0.6 1.3
0.6 1.3
2.0 2.0
1.0 1.0
 1.0 1.0

9.0 15.0
6.0
TOTAL CREDITS 30.0
% Practice 70.0
% Theory 30.0
Sustainable Soil for Life Association (SSLA)
Training Curriculum
Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Framework

Sustainble Agriculture and Food Processing

Curriculum Table Details

Agroecology for Sustainable Farming and Food Systems

C0-Vocational Certificate 0
Total Hours
Description Hours Theory Practice
M1 Soil Fertility Basics 50 12 38
1.1 Soil Formation Basics 19 4 15
1.2 Organic Matter: Composting and Mulching 17 4 13
1.3 Nitrogen Cycling and Cover Crops 14 4 10
M2 Crop Protection Basics 50 12 38
2.1 Botanical Pesticides 19 4 15
2.2 Pest & Beneficial Insects 17 4 13
2.3 Mechanical Pest Control 14 4 10
M3 Polyculture Gardening 77 12 65
3.1 Vegetable Polyculture 34 4 30
3.2 Agroforestry 19 4 15
3.3 Plant Multiplication and Seed Saving 24 4 20
M4 Small Farm Design Basics 77 12 65
4.1 Farm Design Principles 34 4 30
4.2 Farm Layout Drawing 19 4 15
4.3 Small Farm Mapping 24 4 20
M5 Candied and Dried Food Processing 74 9 65
5.1 Hygiene in Food Processing 18 3 15
5.2 Jam & marmalade making 28 3 25
5.3 Candied & dried fruits making 28 3 25
M6 Post-harvest Handling and Transportation 40 12 28
6.1 Food Storage, Cooling & Handling 16 4 12
6.2 Food Packing & Packaging 12 4 8
6.3 Food Transportation Operations 12 4 8
M7 Supply Chain & Demand Chain 37 9 28
7.1 Local Food Market Demand 15 3 12
7.2 Local Food Supply Chain 11 3 8
7.3 Food Sovereignty and Food Culture 11 3 8
M8 English 90 27 63
8.1 General English 36 9 27
8.2 English for Vegetable Cropping 27 9 18
8.3 English for Social Network User 27 9 18
M9 Computer 45 15 30
9.1 Computer Basics 15 5 10
9.2 Internet Use 15 5 10
9.3 Social Network Communication 15 5 10
M10 Soft Skills 45 15 30
10.1 Responsibility 15 5 10
10.2 Self-motivation 15 5 10
10.3 Teamwork 15 5 10
C1-Vocational Certificate 1
Hours
Module Description Total Hours
Theory Practice
Living Soil Basics 50 12 38
1.4 Biology of Life in Soil 19 4 15
1.5 Soil Conservation Practices 17 4 13
1.6 Soil and Plant Growth Relationship 14 4 10
M2 Pest Regulation Basics 50 12 38
2.4 Microbial Pesticides 19 4 15
2.5 Habitat Conservation 17 4 13
2.6 Weed Management 14 4 10
M3 Integrated Livestock Farming 77 12 65
3.4 Integrated Livestock Farming 34 4 30
3.5 Integrated Fish Farming 19 4 15
3.6 Animal Breeding Basics 24 4 20
M4 Small Farm Planning & Records 77 12 65
4.4 Small Farm Production Planning 34 4 30
4.5 Farm Records Keeping 19 4 15
4.6 Farm Record Analysis 24 4 20
M5 Pickled Food and Sauce Processing 74 9 65
5.4 Health and Safety in Food Processing 18 3 15
5.5 Pickled /Fermented products making 28 3 25
5.6 Sauce making 28 3 25
M6 Promotion and Sales Techniques 40 12 28
6.4 Product Positioning & Adversting 16 4 12
6.5 Sales Promotion 12 4 8
6.6 Personal Selling Skills 12 4 8
M7 Food Certification 37 9 28
7.4 Safe Food Certification (GAP) 11 3 8
7.5 Organic Food Certification (PGS) 15 3 12
7.6 Labeling and Traceability 11 3 8
M8 English 90 27 63
8.4 General English 36 9 27
8.5 English for Livestock 27 9 18
8.6 English for Sales 27 9 18
M9 Computer 45 15 30
9.4 Word Processor Use 15 5 10
9.5 Spreadsheet Use 15 5 10
9.6 Facebook Page Use 15 5 10
M10 Soft Skills 45 15 30
10.4 Honesty & Integrity 15 5 10
10.5 Time management 15 5 10
10.6 Decision-making 15 5 10
C2-Vocational Certificate 2
Hours
Module Description Total Hours
Theory
Soil Health Basics 50 12
1.7 Soil and Land Use Basics 19 4
1.8 Carbon Sequestration & Biomass Dynamics 17 4
1.9 Soil Health Assessment Tools 14 4
M2 Biological Control Basics 50 12
2.7 Biological Insect Control 19 4
2.8 Biotic Pest Regulation 17 4
2.9 Microbial Pest Regulation 14 4
M3 Farm Water Management 77 12
3.7 Rainfed Water Harvesting 34 4
3.8 Water Conservation 19 4
3.9 Irrigation Technology 24 4
M4 Small Farm Financial Basics 77 12
4.7 Farm Budgeting (Financial Planning) 34 4
4.8 Farm Accounting & Analysis 19 4
4.9 Farm Product Costing 24 4
M5 Beverage Processing 74 9
5.7 Food Processing Standards & Labeling 18 3
5.8 Vinegar & Plant-based Beverage Making 28 3
5.9 Non-alcoholic Beverage Preservation 28 3
M6 Basic Market Research 40 12
6.7 Demand Analysis and Survey 16 4
6.8 Supply Analysis 12 4
6.9 Marketing Strategies 12 4
M7 Farmer Organizations 37 9
7.7 Agricultural Cooperative 15 3
7.8 Farmer Networks & Representation 11 3
7.9 Peasant Farmer Rights 11 3
M8 English 90 27
8.7 General English 36 9
8.8 English for Farmer Organizations 27 9
8.9 English for Advocacy 27 9
M9 Computer 45 15
9.7 Slides & Graphic Design Basics 15 5
9.8 Mobile Cloud Computing 15 5
9.9 Smartphone Video Making 15 5
M10 Soft Skills 45 15
10.7 Work Ethics 15 5
10.8 Adaptability 15 5
10.9 Problem-solving 15 5
 C3-Vocational Certificate 3
Hours Total Hours
Module Description Hours
Practice . Theory
38 Farm Ecosystem Health 50 12
15 Energy flow in Farm Ecosystem 19 4
13 Biodiversity in Farm Ecosystem 17 4
10 Ecosystem Health Assessment Tools 14 4
38 M2 Conservation Biological Control 50 12
15 Synergies of Farm Biodiversity 19 4
13 Conservation Farmscaping 17 4
10 Microorganisms & Biological Pest Control 14 4
65 M3 Integrated Farming 77 12
30 Ecological Farm Management / Self-Sustaining Farm 34 4
15 Nutrition Cycling & Farming Synergies 19 4
20 Farm Waste Recycling & Energy production 24 4
65 M4 Small Food Business Basics 77 12
30 Business Model Canvas 34 4
15 19 4
20 Food Business Business Planning 24 4
65 M5 Healthy Food Processing 74 9
15 Essential Oils Making 18 3
25 5.2 Sugar Processing 28 3
25 5.5 Oil & Fats making 28 3
28 M6 Local Marketing & Sales 40 12
12 Sales Forecasting 16 4
8 Marketing Planning 12 4
8 Advertising and Promotion 12 4
28 M7 Local Food Markets 37 9
12 Local & Farmers Markets Diversity 15 3
8 Consumer Awareness 11 3
8 Food Policy Advocacy 11 3
63 M8 English 90 27
27 English for Social Network User 36 9
18 English for Sustainble Development 27 9
18 English for Advocacy 27 9
30 M9 Computer 45 15
10 Email Use 15 5
10 Wireframing 15 5
10 Mobile Payment Processing 15 5
30 M10 Soft Skills 45 15
10 Leadership 15 5
10 Life Long Learner 15 5
10 Critical & Creative Thinking 15 5
 D1-High Diploma Year 1
Hours Total
Module Description Hours
Practice
38 Landscape Ecosystem Health 50
15 Landscape Ecosystem Basics 19
13 Biodiversity Balance of Landscape 17
10 Landscape Ecological Health Assessment 14
38 M2 Ecological Pest Management 50
15 Landscape Biodiversity & Synergies 19
13 Landscape Biological control at the Landscape-scale 17
10 14
65 M3 Ecological Farming Management 77
30 Ecological Farm Management 34
15 Sustainable Landscaping 19
20 24
65 M4 Food Social Business 77
30 Social Business Models 34
15 Farm and Food Business (B2C) 19
20 Farming Business Registration & Taxes 24
65 M5 Waste Recycling 74
15 Circular Economy of Recycling Process 18
25 28
25 28
28 M6 Business Marketing & Sale 40
12 Branding and Franchising 16
8 Marketing Strategy Circular Economy 12
8 Payment for Ecosystem Services 12
28 M7 Local Food Systems 37
12 Agricultural Cooperative Management 15
8 11
8 Social Justice Advocacy 11
63 M8 English 90
27 English for Survey 36
18 English for Innovation 27
18 English for Project 27
30 M9 Computer 45
10 Google Analytics for Small Business 15
10 Farm Management Software 15
10 Consumer Management Systems 15
30 M10 Soft Skills 45
10 Social Entrepreneuship 15
10 Creativity 15
10 Public Speaking 15
 D2-High Diploma Year 2
Hours
Module Description
Theory Practice
12 38 Landscape Ecosystem Health
4 15
4 13 Growing out
4 10 Ecological One Health Assessment
12 38 M2 Food Movement
4 15 Grassroots Movement Representation
4 13 Farmer Rural Advisory Methods
4 10 Community Survey Methods & Statistics
12 65 M3 Management
4 30 Ecological Farm Management
4 15 Sustainable Landscaping
4 20 Waste Recycling and Circular
12 65 Value Chai M4 Social Business in Food Systems
4 30 Social Business Models
4 15 Cooperative Farm Business
4 20 Farm Business Registration & Taxes
9 65 M5 Food Processing for Health
3 15 Standards
3 25 Drugs and Probiotic Drinks
3 25 Technology
12 28 M6 Marketing & Sales
4 12 Participatory Branding and Social Franchising
4 8 Marketing for Local Circular Economy
4 8 Payment for Ecosystem Services
9 28 M7 Local Food Systems
3 12 Civil Society and Social Movements
3 8 Local Food System Scaling out
3 8 Policymakers Advocacy
27 63 M8 English
9 27 English for Projet Management
9 18 English for Community Development
9 18 English for
15 30 M9 Computer
5 10 Supply Chain Management Software
5 10 Business Management Software
5 10 Financial Management Software
15 30 M10 Soft Skills
5 10 Social Innocation and Entrepreneuship
5 10 Team Management
5 10
Total Hours
Hours Theory Practice
50 12 38
19 4 15
17 4 13
14 4 10
50 12 38
19 4 15
17 4 13
14 4 10
77 12 65
34 4 30
19 4 15
24 4 20
77 12 65
34 4 30
19 4 15
24 4 20
74 9 65
18 3 15
28 3 25
28 3 25
40 12 28
16 4 12
12 4 8
12 4 8
37 9 28
15 3 12
11 3 8
11 3 8
54 27 63
9 27
27 9 18
27 9 18
45 15 30
15 5 10
15 5 10
15 5 10
45 15 30
15 5 10
15 5 10
15 5 10