MASTER OF SCIENCE CLIMATE CHANGE AND FOOD SECURITY

Mr. Bukombi Eliphaz

Course Description

This course discusses the humanity changing relationship with production, supply chain, ecological, economic and socio-cultural systems fundamental to the provision of food, Nutrition standards and implication to global health. The course examines the geographical components of agriculture development globally in the historic, modern and post-modern eras.   It is divided into the following major topics:

·         People; communities, farming and food production

·         Nutritional significance of agriculture and food production

·         Nutrition and global health movements

Course objectives

By the end of the course, students are expected to be able:

·         To explain the trend of farming activities in various world communities

·         To elaborate well the relationship between agriculture/food production and nutritional standards

·         To site and explain the Nutritional movements; and global health movements