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Designing sustainable food systems

Free online eLearning: Curious about designing sustainable food systems?

The sustainable production, processing and distribution of food is one of mankind's greatest challenges. The eLearning course ‘Designing sustainable food systems’ offers an insight into this complex topic. The online course is available free of charge. It is in English and aimed at students and others who have an interest in sustainable food systems with or without experience in the subject.

The first module begins with an introduction to the topic of sustainability and describes the problems in the global food system, together with possible solutions. Modules 2 and 3 explain how food value chains can be made more sustainable and analyse the role of food in the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Keywords:: sustainable food systems, SDG, food value chain, Sustainability, sustainable development goals, world food system, SDGs, food system, MDG

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Humanities / Philosophy

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Material Type:: Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:: July 3, 2018
Date Modified in MERLOT:: July 3, 2018
Author:: Ennio Mariani
Submitter:: Ennio Mariani
Primary Audience:: College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
Technical Format:: SCORM, Video, Website

Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Technical Requirements:: Only a webbrowser (Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer, etc.)
Language:: English
Cost Involved:: No
Source Code Available:: No
Accessibility Information Available:: Unknown
Creative Commons:: Unknown