Greenhouse business without mistakes: take the new course “Greenhouse Agro Solutions” from leading industry experts at AgriAcademy
A new professional online course, “Greenhouse Agro Solutions,” created by a team of leading experts in Ukraine’s greenhouse sector, is now available on AgriAcademy, a platform offering free certified courses for Ukrainian agribusiness.
This innovative course for the greenhouse business was created by the winner of the national competition for the development of online training courses for SMEs in the Ukrainian agricultural sector — the Green Agro Solutions Public Association. The course is already available for enrollment, and its first online presentation attracted more than 100 farmers and representatives of agricultural companies, which indicates a high demand for modern professional content for agribusiness.
A year ago, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, announced an open call for proposals for the development of online training courses. This initiative is funded by Ireland through the EBRD Small Business Facility and the FAO. The EBRD Small Business Promotion Fund is financed by Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, the TaiwanBusiness – EBRD Technical Cooperation Fund, and the United States of America.
The goal was to develop online training courses to address the shortage of professional knowledge and skills in the agricultural sector, food and processing industries, with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ukraine. The competition received 74 preliminary applications and 54 sets of documents, of which 35 were selected for final evaluation by an expert commission. Vitaliy Vorontsov, head of the Green Agro Solutions advisory service, received a certificate for funding the development of the course from the FAO.
“It is a great honor for our team that the idea of the Greenhouse Agro Solutions course won the competition and was selected by AgriAcademy for implementation. We are sincerely grateful to the organizers and partners of the project for their trust and the opportunity to create a training product that will help Ukrainian farmers gain the most up-to-date knowledge,” said Vitaliy Vorontsov, head of the agricultural advisory service of the Green Agro Solutions public association.
The course program is designed to provide entrepreneurs and farmers with systematic knowledge on the creation, modernization, and management of greenhouse farms — from engineering and microclimate to economics, innovation, and sustainable development.
“In the course of our work, we sought to create a truly unique course — one that had never been seen before in Ukraine. A course that combines engineering, agronomy, biosecurity, economics, and innovation. To this end, I assembled one of the strongest teams of specialists in the greenhouse sector—practitioners, engineers, scientists, and experts who work every day in greenhouses, on projects, and in real production conditions. Our task was simple and at the same time very important: to create a course that would be understandable, practical, and useful for small and medium-sized businesses, farmers, students, and anyone who wants to develop modern greenhouse production in Ukraine.
I believe that this course will become a new growth point for the greenhouse industry, help develop the professional community, and support those who are building the future of the Ukrainian agricultural sector,” emphasizes Vitaliy Vorontsov.
About the course: practical tools, innovations, and adaptation to the new realities of the greenhouse sector
The course program has been developed taking into account the challenges faced by Ukrainian greenhouse farms—climatic risks, energy costs, lack of technical information, and the consequences of war on production infrastructure.
The training covers ten key modules:
Course developers: the team shaping the greenhouse sector
The course was created by experts with many years of experience in applying technologies for the greenhouse business:
It was thanks to this victory that the team of expert practitioners was able to go the whole way – from concept to the creation of a full-fledged training program, which was developed, tested, and prepared for launch in 2025.
The course gives farmers access to the tools they need to modernize their greenhouses, reduce costs, increase yields, and implement energy-saving solutions.
Accessible technical education contributes to the restoration of production, increases the competitiveness of farmers, and strengthens the country’s food security.
The program is shaping a new culture of greenhouse management, where engineering, technology, and environmental approaches work together.
The course is free and already available on the AgriAcademy platform!
The platform also offers over 30 certified online courses for Ukrainian agribusiness.
