Growing our Future Food: Crops (free on-line course/MOOC)

> Growing our Future Food: Crops (free on-line course/MOOC)
How to feed the world without exhausting planetary reserves? – understand the basics of crop production and explore the opportunities. Feeding nine billion in 2050 without exhausting the planetary reserves is perhaps the greatest challenge mankind has ever faced. This course on the basics of crop production will discuss why yields in some parts of the world are lagging behind and identify the agro-ecological drivers that shape the wide diversity of production systems. Furthermore, key issues relating to bridging of yield gaps and how these link to different visions of sustainability will be explored. This online course will be of great interest to international students and educated public from different backgrounds, both professionally and culturally, to enrich their views and action perspectives related to global food security and food systems. Classes Start: January 26 (flexible date). Course Length: 6 weeks. Estimated effort: 5 - 10 hours/week.
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