Agriculture in transition: Innovative approaches to sustainable farming
Global challenges of climate change, environmental degradation, scarcity of inputs, and increasing demand for safe food present a sharp call to agricultural practice to become more sustainable. Private, civil and public stakeholders have to cope with this change of focus in development, which is often referred to as ‘3P’: People, Planet, and Profit.
An integral redirection of current agricultural practices is therefore required to go beyond just incremental change. Innovation that addresses ecological, social, as well as economic sustainability aspects requires involvement of multiple stakeholders, going beyond a strictly technical approach. It stresses interactive learning and exchange of knowledge between all stakeholders, including farmers and entrepreneurs. This course will use a systems dynamics approach to design sustainable systems that produce farm products in a socially and economically responsible manner.
This course aims to offer the participants' a systems perspective on agriculture as well as tools to design innovative and sustainability farming systems. Participants will be able to analyze their own agricultural systems and propose transition paths towards improved sustainability. They will gain access to state of the art approaches and practical methods, and use their chance to refresh networks and literature.
Please note that the NFP deadline mentioned on the online application form is incorrect. Due to technical difficulties, we are currently unable to alter it. The deadline as mentioned below is the correct one.
| Fee (full programme): |
€ 3200 |
| Application deadlines: |
With NFP funding - 15 November 2009 With other funding - 17 April 2010 |
| Course brochure: |
Word format PDF format |
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Overview Wageningen International courses 2010