This module will examine several key questions, including:
- What are the causes of hunger and malnutrition? Who is vulnerable and why?
- How do the various actors involved in food provisioning - from producers to consumers - interact in different kinds of food systems, with what impacts on people and the planet?
- What policies can and should public authorities, at various levels, adopt to promote the food security and right to food of people living within their territories and future generations?
- What changes would be opportune to achieve more inclusive and effective food governance and more equitable and sustainable food systems, taking into account lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic? What needs to happen to bring these changes about?
The objective of the module is to provide students with analytical capacity and practical tools to be able to develop and defend their views regarding questions like these and prepare them to play an effective role in food security policy processes and field programs. Students who may be interested in pursuing an academic path should also benefit from the combination of theoretical and ‘ hands-on’ approaches.
- What are the causes of hunger and malnutrition? Who is vulnerable and why?
- How do the various actors involved in food provisioning - from producers to consumers - interact in different kinds of food systems, with what impacts on people and the planet?
- What policies can and should public authorities, at various levels, adopt to promote the food security and right to food of people living within their territories and future generations?
- What changes would be opportune to achieve more inclusive and effective food governance and more equitable and sustainable food systems, taking into account lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic? What needs to happen to bring these changes about?
The objective of the module is to provide students with analytical capacity and practical tools to be able to develop and defend their views regarding questions like these and prepare them to play an effective role in food security policy processes and field programs. Students who may be interested in pursuing an academic path should also benefit from the combination of theoretical and ‘ hands-on’ approaches.
teacher profile teaching materials
This lesson will serve to introduce the module, the ground to be covered, the ‘rules of the game’, and to get to know each other.
Part I: Food security governance
Introduction to food governance; Food provisioning in a globalized world; Who takes policy decisions and on what evidence: the problem of corporate capture of governance; lessons from COVID-19 and the Ukraine war, the reformed Committee on World Food Security, the UNFSS and the present situation of global food governance.
Part II: Translating food policies into practices
Introduction to and different views of food policies; Regional, national, and municipal food policies, measuring and monitoring food and nutrition insecurity. Trade and markets – global value chains and territorial markets.
Part III: Food Systems, nutrition and food safety
Overview of nutrition and implications in the field; Food systems and healthy diets; Food safety
Programme
Introduction to the moduleThis lesson will serve to introduce the module, the ground to be covered, the ‘rules of the game’, and to get to know each other.
Part I: Food security governance
Introduction to food governance; Food provisioning in a globalized world; Who takes policy decisions and on what evidence: the problem of corporate capture of governance; lessons from COVID-19 and the Ukraine war, the reformed Committee on World Food Security, the UNFSS and the present situation of global food governance.
Part II: Translating food policies into practices
Introduction to and different views of food policies; Regional, national, and municipal food policies, measuring and monitoring food and nutrition insecurity. Trade and markets – global value chains and territorial markets.
Part III: Food Systems, nutrition and food safety
Overview of nutrition and implications in the field; Food systems and healthy diets; Food safety
Core Documentation
For each lecture or group of lectures the students will be provided ahead of time with a brief description of the content and assigned reading/preparationType of evaluation
The course assessment will be based on active participation in the course, study projects that will be assigned during the course, and the examination at the end of the module. teacher profile teaching materials
This lesson will serve to introduce the module, the ground to be covered, the ‘rules of the game’, and to get to know each other.
Part I: Food security governance
Introduction to food governance; Food provisioning in a globalized world; Who takes policy decisions and on what evidence: the problem of corporate capture of governance; lessons from COVID-19 and the Ukraine war, the reformed Committee on World Food Security, the UNFSS and the present situation of global food governance.
Part II: Translating food policies into practices
Introduction to and different views of food policies; Regional, national, and municipal food policies, measuring and monitoring food and nutrition insecurity. Trade and markets – global value chains and territorial markets.
Part III: Food Systems, nutrition and food safety
Overview of nutrition and implications in the field; Food systems and healthy diets; Food safety.
Programme
Introduction to the moduleThis lesson will serve to introduce the module, the ground to be covered, the ‘rules of the game’, and to get to know each other.
Part I: Food security governance
Introduction to food governance; Food provisioning in a globalized world; Who takes policy decisions and on what evidence: the problem of corporate capture of governance; lessons from COVID-19 and the Ukraine war, the reformed Committee on World Food Security, the UNFSS and the present situation of global food governance.
Part II: Translating food policies into practices
Introduction to and different views of food policies; Regional, national, and municipal food policies, measuring and monitoring food and nutrition insecurity. Trade and markets – global value chains and territorial markets.
Part III: Food Systems, nutrition and food safety
Overview of nutrition and implications in the field; Food systems and healthy diets; Food safety.
Core Documentation
For each lecture or group of lectures the students will be provided ahead of time with a brief description of the content and assigned reading/preparationType of evaluation
The course assessment will be based on active participation in the course, study projects that will be assigned during the course, and the examination at the end of the module.