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A Nutritional Approach to Agriculture and Food Security by Futurelearn
Develop skills to apply and evaluate innovative solutions that place nutrition at the heart of a sustainable food system.
Course Highlights
- Conceptualise nutrition in relation to the rest of the food system
- Evaluate nutrition-sensitive approaches and how these can increase food and nutrition security with a focus on the Global South
- Develop skills in dietary assessment, food composition and measures of diet quality and diversity
- Apply the evaluation skills needed to select and introduce nutrition-sensitive interventions relevant to your own field of work or study
- Evaluate the consequences of nutrition-sensitive interventions and policies in respect of their social, economic, and environmental impacts.
- Assess the role of women in promoting nutrition-sensitive interventions
Skills you will learn!
Curriculum
3 Topics
Activity 1: Understanding nutrition sensitive agriculture in the context of sustainable development goals
Activity 2: The role of crops in a healthy sustainable diet
Activity 3: Animal production for a healthy and sustainable diet
3 Topics
Activity 1: How to design a nutrition sensitive food system
Activity 2: Food based dietary guidelines and food choice
Activity 3: How to assess the broader impacts of nutrition sensitive agriculture
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A Nutritional Approach to Agriculture and Food Security
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