The Future of Farming: Exploring Climate Smart Agriculture

Week 1:

• Climate change and greenhouse gases
• The interactions between climate change and agriculture
• Food security
• Climate smart agriculture; history, principles and examples
• Different views on the food production system

Week 2:

• The basics of milk production, cow husbandry, digestion and herd management
• Greenhouse gas emissions and the possibilities for reducing them, within dairy farming
• The importance of plants for our atmosphere
• Other forms of sustainable farming
• Possible options for reducing energy consumption

Week 3:

• The basics of wine production
• General, sustainable crop management practices
• Problems for the wine industry created by climate change
• Possibilities for adapting the wine industry to climate change
• Examples of how data can be used to to help make decisions in agriculture
• Critical views regarding climate smart agriculture