Courses

Mode of Study

This course can be studied full or part-time. This course provides a University of Edinburgh degree, but is taught and managed largely by SAC.

More details are available from the University of Edinburgh's web site which can be found by following the link to the right.

This course is part of a wider group of postgraduate diplomas/Master of Science courses offered on a modular basis through the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Edinburgh. Students undertake taught modules between September and March followed by a research project between March and August. There is a one week study tour (usually overseas) in April. Other courses run by the University of Edinburgh in the group are:

• Ecological Economics
  
• Environmental Protection and Management
  
• Environmental Sustainability
  
• Environment, Culture and Society
  
• Carbon Management
  

Location

Edinburgh

Course Description

Our programme aims to provide a broad understanding of agronomic, environmental, economic and socio-political factors that influence food security. Food security has become a critically important issue for societies around the globe. It concerns not only food production systems and supply chains but also development issues such as land tenure, patterns of inequality, and the exchange value of commodities.

There is the need to develop methodologies to appraise trade-offs in terms of risk and uncertainly in strategic decision-making both at farm level and at national planning level. Such appraisal is particularly important in light of global environmental change.