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Our Hungry Planet: Agriculture, People and Food Security
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МООК
en
Английский
18 h
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- Бесплатный сертификат
- 6 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Starts on 15 мая 2016
- Ends on 21 мая 2016
Course details
Syllabus
Food security is a complex, global issue, in which we all play a part. In this free online course, you’ll join experts from the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development at the University of Reading, to investigate our relationship with agriculture and your own food habits. Meet food producers around the world We’ll take you on a journey around the world from Europe to Africa to Asia. Over six weeks, we’ll find out more about the challenges of growing crops and managing livestock at the regional, national, community and household level. We’ll focus on the experience of family farmers (who produce 80% of the world’s food) in rural and urban settings in Uganda and the UK, asking: What are the key issues facing producers and consumers of food, and how do they compare? What factors influence the way we grow, process, package, transport and consume food? How does agriculture - and its wide-ranging impacts in these different regions - relate to us? And how does the food we grow, buy, eat and throw away relate to global food security issues? Consider your own role in global food security Each week, we’ll invite you to take part in activities that will help you reflect on your own food habits, including keeping a food waste diary; analysing your weekly shop; and sharing your experiences of food and farming in your community. Despite the fact that the world is no longer short of food, about 842 million people remain chronically hungry because they cannot afford to eat. In this context, you’ll understand how your preferences - and those of a myriad of other actors in the food system - impact on our global quest for food security. To find out more about some of the issues covered in this course, read Andrew Ainslie’s post for the FutureLearn blog: “Why are dairy farmers taking to the streets in protest?” Further your studies Our Hungry Planet provides a taster of The University of Reading’s MSc in Food Security and Development.
Prerequisite
None.
Instructors
- Sarah Cardey
- Andrew Ainslie
Platform
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.
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