2026 Session 1 - IFAS CCA Educational Program - Soil & Water and Nutrient Management

Registration for this course begins June 15th, 2026. The enrollment fee is $60.

This UF/IFAS CCA course offers 5.0 CEUs in Soil & Water Management and 5.0 CEUs in Nutrient Management. 

The speakers are drawn from UF faculty across the state and outside as needed, who provide high value and timely information to our professionals, showcasing latest research, priority areas, and emerging topics, and even revisiting basics as necessary.

These sessions are offered through UF/IFAS Extension Online Learning in an on-demand format that can be completed over several months. There is an opportunity to provide comments and offer feedback on each of these presentations. Suggestions on emerging and priority topics are always accepted. The modules will be individually evaluated for effectiveness, clarity, and relevance each time.

The following topics are included in this training session:

Soil & Water Management - 5.0 CEUs

• Evaluating Best Management Practices for Nitrate Reduction in the Floridan Aquifer Using MODFLOW – Golmar Golmohammadi
• Comparative Assessment of Overhead Irrigation Technologies for Strawberry Transplant Establishment and Freeze Protection – Josue St. Fort
• Biochar-amended pine bark media for southern highbush blueberry under reclaimed water irrigation: growth, soil-root-zone chemistry, and solute leaching Growers – Yasmeen Saleem
• Emerging contaminants in agricultural lands and the solutions to manage water quality in agricultural watershed – Rabia Amen
• Assessing water requirements and irrigation management in bamboo and citrus production using simulation models and field experiments – Davie Kadyampakeni 

Nutrient Management - 5.0 CEUs

• The effects of cover crops on nutrient cycling and soil health across agroecosystems of Florida – Gabriel Maltais Landry
• Effects of soil pH and nutrient management in HLB-affected citrus production systems – Duplicate Sambani
• Diagnostic tools for measuring soil water and nutrient stress in cropping systems – Davie Kadyampakeni
• How fungi show the success of your management – Hui Ling Liao
• Field-Ready AI for Soil & Crop Management: Turning Data into Actionable Decisions – Nikolaos Tsiolas

For more information please contact (email is the preferred way):

Dr. Davie Kadyampakeni

dkadyampakeni@ufl.edu

Rabia Amen

rabiaamen@ufl.edu