The economic, social/cultural and environmental aspects of our lives are inextricably tied together. Truly sustainable, efficient food production requires that these three pillars of sustainable development are considered carefully. This distance learning module will study the environmental, economic and social implications of food production and consumption from different perspectives.
Topics will include food systems and supply chains, social concerns, ethics, controversies such as organic v conventional farming, and the development of GMOs, the conflicts between production, market, environment and culture, and future challenges around such things as climate change and resource competition.
It will provide farmers and agri-food businesses, NGOs and government agencies an insight into current perspectives on ethical issues surrounding food production at the local, regional and global scale.
This course is a core module in the MSc in Food Security in a Changing Environment, and an optional module in the MSc Sustainable and Efficient Food Production.
By the end of this course participants should be able to:
Areas covered will include:
AgriFood Training Partnership
The University of Reading
PO Box 226, Whiteknights
Reading RG6 6AP
T. +44 (0)330 333 4530
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