Food Security in the Changing Environment MSc
Postgraduate
In Bangor
Description
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Type
Postgraduate
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Location
Bangor (Wales)
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Start date
September
The course will provide students with a detailed understanding of the principles and processes of sustainable food production, including its social and environmental contexts. It will equip students who already have work experience in the food supply chain to implement the latest research into sustainable systems thinking, and will facilitate cutting edge careers for those who want to enter the food production and supply chain.
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About this course
Examine the environmental, economic and social responsibility of farming in the context of food security and the changing environments.
Study how selected management practices can improve the resource efficiency and overall sustainability of food production.
Gain a global perspective to question whether and how growing demand for food from limited land resources can be met through sustainable intensification.
This course will enable professionals to redirect or enhance their capabilities. Graduates can find careers in advisory and policy/advocacy roles, executive management, agriculture and agribusiness consultancy, agricultural finance, land and catchment management agencies, natural resources management, agricultural education and training, and as rural counsellors
The entry requirements reflect the expected student profile, i.e. working and experienced in their field. Many applicants will have technical knowledge through work experience.
Entry requirements are as follows:
a 2(i) honours degree in a relevant subject, e.g. Biological Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Agriculture;
a third class honours degree or an ordinary degree in a relevant subject, plus a minimum of two years relevant work experience;
a minimum of two years relevant experience in agri based food industries or related work in a position of demonstrable...
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Subjects
- Security
- IT
- Supply
- Perspective
- Climate Change
- Global
- Systems
- IT Security
- Farming
- Production
- Research methods
- Soil Management
- Global Food Security
- Food Security in the Changing Environment
- Food Security
- Changing Environment
- Agriculture and Society
- Upland Farming Systems
- Carbon Footprinting
- Life Cycle Assessment
Course programme
Food Security in the Changing Environment MSc