Wageningen University & Research is offering free online course on Sustainable Food Security: Food Access. In this environmental studies course, you’ll explore how key actors at household, local, national and international levels negotiate and make choices on access to food.
The overall objective of this course is to learn the basics of food access decision-making. This course will start on May 16, 2017.
Course At A Glance
Length: 6 weeks
Effort: 6-8 hours pw
Subject: Food & Nutrition
Institution: Wageningen University & Research and edx
Languages: English
Price: Free
Certificate Available: Yes, Add a Verified Certificate for $49
Session: Course Starts on May 16, 2017
Providers’ Details
Wageningen University and Research centre is dedicated to exploring the potential of nature to improve the quality of life. Learn more about WUR. WageningenX courses train (future) professionals in sustainable food systems and help consumers making informed choices about what they eat, how it is produced and the impact of their choices on the environment and society.
About This Course
In this course you will learn that food access:
- And food manufacturing has changed during the past century
- Depends on social and economic dynamics at the household level for everyone
- Is shaped at a local level by the interactions between traders, retailers, producers and buyers in the markets
- Is influenced on a national scale by politics and policies by negotiating and aligning goals, instruments, and modes of governance ¥ is impacted by debates and negotiations creating conditions in food trade by international organizations
Why Take This Course?
Have you ever considered that you’re not the only one who decides what food ends up on your plate? In this environmental studies course, Students will explore how key actors at household, local, national and international levels negotiate and make choices on access to food.
Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of both practice and graded assignments related to this course, you will:
- Understand the basic principles of food access
- Understand actors’ choices influencing food access
- Discern dilemmas at household, local, national and international levels get the big picture when the connections between levels and actors regarding access to food have been unraveled.
Instructors
Dr. ir. Maja Slingerland
Associate Professor
Wageningen University & Research
Dr. ir. Sietze Vellema
Associate Professor at the Knowledge, Technology and Innovation group
Wageningen University & Research
Prof. Dr. Peter Oosterveer
Personal Professor
Wageningen University & Research
Prof. dr. Ewout Frankema
Professor and Chair of Rural and Environmental History
Wageningen University & Research
Dr. Jessica Duncan
Assistant Professor in the Rural Sociology Group
Wageningen University & Research
Dr. Jeroen Candel
Assistant Professor in the Public Administration and Policy Group
Wageningen University & Research
Prof. Dr. Hilde Bras
Full Professor and Chair of the Sociology of Consumption and Households Group
Wageningen University & Research
Dr. ir. Marrit van den Berg
Associate Professor at the Development Economics group
Wageningen University & Research
Requirements
Secondary school, undergraduate (first/second year BSc) students
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