Feeding a Hungry Planet: Agriculture, Nutrition and Sustainability

Course

Self-paced e-learning

Other Partner

SDG Academy

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Length: 7 weeks
Effort: 3-5 hours per week
Level: Intermediate
Language: English
Venue: Online

Certificate: No
Price: Free

This course explores sustainable solutions to food insecurity, regarding both production and consumption.

Sustainable Development Goals: Zero hunger

Subject: Hunger and Food Access

Keywords: food security; nutrition; agriculture; hunger; poverty

About this course

Food insecurity is a global problem. Society has made progress in alleviating global hunger, but the problem persists. Agriculture negatively impacts the environment at multiple steps from its production to consumption, destroying many ecosystems, contributing greatly to fossil fuel emissions through transportation, and creating food waste. To ensure food security for all, global hunger must be met with sustainable solutions. This course provides such solutions as well as an understanding of food security.

Transcripts available in: English, Русский

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Target audience

Undergraduate and graduate students in agriculture, economics and international development, nutritionists and agriculture professionals, private actors supporting local agriculture, and sustainable development practitioners.

Learning objectives

To understand the historical background of agriculture;
To determine what food security is and what factors affect it on an individual and global scale.