2023-2024 / GEST3019-2

Food policies and strategies

Duration

9h Th, 15h Pr, 3h FT

Number of credits

 Master in agricultural bioengineering (120 ECTS)3 crédits 
 Advanced Master in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus3 crédits 

Lecturer

Hossein Azadi

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

To introduce the food industry economy through consideration of each sector successively.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

To analyse from an economic point of view all the activities linked to the food chair in a giver society.
After completing the course the student is expected to :

  • Analyse the economic activities which take part in food function
  • Understand the stakes of the food policies
  • Criticize various cases of food strategies
The course helps develop student's skills in the following stages of development :
  • Evaluate the impact of external components, taken individually, on an agronomic system within its sector
  • Establish an inventory of existing public actions in a specific area and assess their operational effectiveness
  • Analyze the socio-economic and environmental aspects of a technical project and their impact on society and the environment

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Lectures : 12h Case studies : 12h Personal work : 12h

Recommended or required readings

Powerpoint and readings

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam

Written work / report

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Contacts

Prof. Lebailly Philippe
+32 81 622361
philippe.lebailly@ulg.ac.be

Prof. Dr. Hossein Azadi
+32 81 622362
hossein.azadi@uliege.be

Bât. GE Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Passage des Déportés 2
5030 Gembloux

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