World Agriculture and Food Problems

Catalog description

This course examines key concepts and issues relevant to the world’s food production systems. Topical highlights include the causes and consequences of hunger, agriculture’s economic and environmental significance, sustainable development, biotechnology, and globalization of agricultural markets. As students learn about these issues from both local and global perspectives, they are engaged in the development of both their literacy of economic concepts and their core research and communication skills. We do this through a combination of relevant course readings, in class discussion exercises, and focused writing assignments on current issues of relevance. May be repeated up to 3 credits.