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How can we adapt farming to an uncertain future? Could the answer be Climate Smart Agriculture? Find out with this free course.
Global warming is a reality so it’s vital our societies and industries respond to the changing climate. Can farming meet this challenge?
Explore the principles and practical applications of Climate Smart Agriculture: mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, adaption to climate change and stable or increased food production in the context of European dairy farming and wine production. How does farming impact on global warming and greenhouse gases? What are the barriers to adopting CSA and how can these be addressed?
Programa de estudos
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
Instrutores
Marie Dittmann
I am an animal scientist, with a particular interest in nutrition, metabolism, and behaviour of animals, as well as agriculture.
Martin Lukac
I am an academic interested in effects of climate change on agriculture and forestry. I specialise in studying ecosystem productivity, carbon cycling and the link between diversity and stability.
Criador do conteúdo
L'université de Reading a été fondée en 1892 au cours d'une période de développement rapide de la ville de Reading, en Angleterre. C'est une des Red brick university.
Plataforma
FutureLearn est une plate-forme d'apprentissage proposant des formations en ligne ouvertes à tous (MOOC)
Fondée en Décembre 2012, la société est entièrement détenue par l'Open University à Milton Keynes, en Angleterre.
Elle est la 1ère plateforme offrant des MOOC au Royaume-Uni, avec à son actif plus d'une cinquantaine d'universités partenaires provenant du Royaume Uni mais aussi du reste du monde.
FutureLearn se différencie également par des partenariats avec des entités non-universitaires comme le British Museum, le British Council, la British Library et la national Film and Television School.
Fantastic introduction for students and anyone interested in climate-smart agriculture, food production and the environment. Great practical examples from dairy and wine industries.
Fantastic introduction for students and anyone interested in climate-smart agriculture, food production and the environment. Great practical examples from dairy and wine industries.