Overview

The Agroecology, Water and Food Sovereignty MSc is a trans-disciplinary course addressing current issues related to food production, access and management of natural resources, climate change and land degradation. It also aims to address the environmental, socio-economic and institutional implications in the building of resilient societies.

Course information

Sustainable and fair food production systems are vital, not only for our health and well-being, but also for that of plants, animals and the natural environment. As demand for the most basic of resources intensifies, we urgently need to address the practical aspects of managing and delivering sustainable and resilient systems to meet these needs.

Throughout this trans-disciplinary MSc, you will focus on the role agroecology, water and food sovereignty plays in meeting governance and socio-economic challenges facing current food and farming systems. We look across the social and natural sciences to explore and integrate new thinking and resilient interventions in agriculture that aim to protect biodiversity, restore the ecosystem and deliver nutritious food and clean water in an increasingly fragile natural environment.

Water and Food Sovereignty broadens and deepens the course further by focusing on how fair and sustainable food and water production is formulated in trade policies and practices. Pressing contemporary global issues, such as our right to nutritious culturally appropriate food and clean water, need to be tackled at all levels of governance and established in policy and practice.

During your MSc study, you will have the opportunity to examine these live issues and explore solutions for designing and implementing ecologically sustainable, fair and resilient food and water production that benefit all.