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SUMMARY:International course on food security in an urbanising society
DESCRIPTION:From September 5 till September 16\, Wageningen UR in cooperation with RUAF is organizing an exciting\, highly interactive course on food security in an urbanising society. Participants will be exposed to the latest concepts and international experiences from the wider Wageningen UR community and RUAF\, brokered to them by the leading experts themselves. Through this network of excellence\, participants will be fully acquainted with innovative but very practical tools and concepts related to analysis and design of sustainable city-region food systems. \nWith growing urbanisation\, sustainable city-region agri-food systems are essential in ensuring food security. Food production\, processing\, distribution and consumption should increasingly be integrated into a holistic\, systemic and spatial manner. \nInnovative change processes with technical\, social and cultural aspects addressing the challenges of complex agrifood systems are gradually becoming integral part of rural and urban planning agendas to better facilitate rural-urban integration. \nCourse objectives\nUpon completion of the course participants will: \n\nbe able to understand and intervene in complex rural-urban planning processes from an integrated\, holistic and multi-stakeholder perspective;\nhave a clear picture of the multiple aspects of the interaction between agriculture and the cities and its relation to climate change\, food and nutrition security and resilience;\nbe acquainted with the basic principles of the metropolitan food cluster\, urban and peri-urban agriculture\, urban metabolism and city-region food systems;\nhave strengthened skills to analyse their own situation and design more sustainable solutions.\n\nCourse Structure\nYou will be exposed to a mix of lectures\, discussions\, group work and field visits that offer theoretical foundations as well as practical approaches to sustainable agri-food systems. Taking the participants’ own real examples as working cases\, we will analyse the current situation\, explore options that are already available for further development and evaluate new strategies to contribute to the design of sustainable and responsible city-region food systems. \nTarget audience\nParticipants of this course will have at least a BSc level and 5 years of professional work experience in areas relevant to the course topic. Proficiency in English is a must. \nLogistics\nFor more information\, visit the Wageningen UR website. \n
URL:https://knowledge4food.net/event/international-course-food-security-urbanising-society/
LOCATION:Hof van Wageningen Conference Centre\, Lawickse Allee 9\, Wageningen\, 6701 AN\, Netherlands
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