SDG Academy has developed a massive, open, online course (or MOOC) entitled Feeding a Hungry Planet: Agriculture, Nutrition and Sustainability, which will run for the third time starting on February 11, 2019, on edX.  This 7-week course examines key questions for the sector, including how to ensure a healthy and sustainable diet for our growing world population, and how should agriculture adapt – or stay the same – to support the Sustainable Development Goals? 

About the course

Agriculture is more than waving fields of wheat; our ability to grow food from existing natural resources – and without decimating those resources – is key to sustainably feeding the world. In this 7-week massive open online course, learn about food security worldwide, the effects of malnutrition, how we manage ecosystems that provide food resources and more. You’ll emerge from this course with a clear answer to the question: What can I do to make food consumption and production more sustainable?

This course is for

• Graduate students and advanced undergraduate students in agriculture, economics, international development and other fields who are learning about the intersectional factors impacting agriculture and food production/consumption.
• Nutritionists, agriculture professionals and other practitioners interested in the latest developments in the field.
• Sustainable development practitioners – including those who work for international aid organizations and nonprofits in the realms of poverty, nutrition and agriculture – who want to understand the lifecycle of food production and food security.
• Private actors, such as those engaging in or investing in social entrepreneurship and the support of local agriculture.

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