Course Description
This course will explore food security, food self-sufficiency and the food price dilemma faced by agricultural price policies. It will examine the different types of policies used to achieve those objectives and discuss their advantages and disadvantages. Finally, it will discuss drivers of structural and agricultural transformation, and the role of agriculture in alleviating poverty and malnutrition.
Course Objectives
By the end of the training course, the participants should be able to:
- Explain the difference between food security and food self-sufficiency
- Understand the different types of policies that can be used to achieve self-sufficiency in key foods and their impacts on food security
- Describe the tradeoffs involved in food trade liberalization
- Understand the drivers of agricultural and structural transformation, and the importance of agriculture for nutrition
Target Audience
The course is designed for CGIAR staff, university PHD and MS students, policy makers, and NARES professionals interested in advancing agriculture and food systems.
Key Modules:
- Module 1: Agrifood systems transformation
- Module 2: Self-sufficiency and food security
- Module 3: Geography and self-sufficiency
- Module 4: Experience with food trade liberalization
- Module 5: Country exercises and group presentations
Learning Modality
The course will be delivered face-to-face with a mixed modality of synchronous and asynchronous discussions involving theoretical concepts, practical and hands-on exercises.
