Organic Agriculture Production NC II consist of three (4) core competencies which are Raise organic chicken, Produce organic vegetables, Produce organic fertilizer and Produce organic concoctions and extracts, it also consist of 2 elective competencies which are Raise organic hogs, Raise organic small ruminants. A person who completed this course will be able to perform the following: Select healthy chick considered as a good stock for raising organic chicken and identify sick and desirable stocks, Maintain cleanliness and orderliness of an organic poultry farm, Apply appropriate space requirements and determine chicken house suitable for growing organic chicken, Demonstrate correct brooding of chicks, Differentiate the feeding requirements of a brooding chicks and a growing chicken, Schedule and apply effective nutritional requirements for poultry on various physiological stages, Apply appropriate preventive measure to protect stocks from diseases, Accomplish appropriate records and maintain record book, Identify the age of an organic chicken ready for harvest, Perform pre and post-laying activities, Enumerate common facilities found in the chicken pen and identify basic materials for chicken beddings, Identify common elements in the feed formulation, Implement the Philippine National Standards (PNS) for organic livestock in the farm, Demonstrate land preparation for vegetable gardening, Demonstrate good seedbed preparation, Select good seeds according to Philippine National Standards (PNS), Describe ideal characteristics of an organic nursery, Demonstrate planting procedures and processes in planting and transplanting various vegetable, Demonstrate proper application of basal and foliar fertilizers in vegetables, Identify different maturity indices of common vegetables in the Philippines, Perform plant care activities, Maintain safety, proper use of PPE, orderliness and cleanliness in the farm, Accomplish appropriate records including inventory and volume of product harvested, Identify common types of pest and vegetable diseases, Identify organic methods of preventing and controlling pest and diseases for vegetables, Perform pre and post-harvest activities using indigenous methods, Implement the Philippine National Standards (PNS) and the pertinent provision of RAS 10086, Solve routine problems pertinent to the production of organic vegetables, Determine the characteristics of a good composting site, Identify the basic raw materials for composting, Identify the raw materials for foliar fertilizer, Determine the production of vermicast and vermicomposting, Determine processes in foliar fertilizer formulation, Apply foliar fertilizer, Determine the similarities and differences between basal and foliar fertilizers, Determine the application and relevance of Carbon and Nitrogen (C/N) ratio, Determine the advantages of an organic fertilizer over a chemical based fertilizer, Determine the positive contributions of an organic fertilizers to the environment, Identify safety factors in the preparation and processing of organic fertilizers, Determine the proper application of fertilizer to soil and plant, Identify elements that makes fertilizers organic, Preserve the potency of organic fertilizer, Identify important elements present in an organic fertilizer, Maintain record in the production of organic fertilizer, Prepare plan in the implementation of PNS for organic fertilizer, Determine requirements in the establishment of commercial organic fertilizer production, Identify and discuss kinds of concoctions used for fertilizers, Identify and discuss kinds of concoctions used for livestock, Demonstrate at least one concoction preparation, Discuss on how to protect concoction from any form of contaminations Demonstrate and discuss application of procedures in sanitation and sterilization and how they differ from each other, Enumerate and identify the basic tools / equipment used in the preparation of concoctions, Discuss how to package concoctions safely, Discuss importance of labelling the containers with concoctions under process, Identify where to store concoctions and discuss how to store concoctions, Discuss how to use concoction as food supplement for livestock, Solve routine problems pertinent to production of organic concoction / extracts, Identify traits of various breeder, Identify characteristics of healthy piglet for raising organic hog, Identify common traits of a hog for organic raising, Determine suitable house for growing organic hog, Enumerate basic materials for hog house beddings, Identify fertility period of trained boar, Enumerate common elements in feed formulation, Identify appropriate preventive measures to protect stock from diseases, Distinguish/identify “in heat” and pregnant hog, Provide different organic feeding requirement, Formulate efficient herd health program, Handle pregnant animal and operate nursery, Record data on operation, stocks and inventory, Follow regulatory measures (municipal ordinance, RA 10068, PNS), Provide optimum space requirements of animal stock, Raise piglet to market age, Identify elements that makes hog organic, Identify breeding techniques and their advantages and Solve routine problems pertinent to raising swine.

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