eLearning: Designing sustainable food systems (view)
Units included with this Open Author resource:
- Curious about designing sustainable food systems?
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- Keywords:
- Sustainability, sustainable food systems, sustainable food system, food system, food value chain, value chain, SDGs, SDG, MDGs, sustainable development goals
Summary
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).