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PGDip Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security

  • DeadlineStudy Details: 1 year (full time) or 2+ (part time)

Masters Degree Description

This course will equip you with the specialist knowledge and skills needed by governments, research organisations, local and international NGOs, commercial companies, and farms as they respond to some of today's biggest challenges within the agriculture and food sectors.

You will delve into critical issues such as the human exploitation of the Earth’s resources, poverty alleviation, critical approaches to rural development, and ethical and cultural implications of policy development.

If you are driven by a desire to shape public and political attitudes, this is the ideal environment in which to develop a strategic and operational mind-set in a way that will expand your own opinions and those of global decision-makers.

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Fees

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Student Destinations

Our graduates have gone on to enter production, policy, and research and consultancy careers in the agricultural and food quality sector, within:
  • International organisations - United Nations (UN), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
  • Government departments in various countries
  • NGOs internationally - Environment Agency, National Farmers' Union (NFU), Country Landowners Association (CLA)
  • Research institutes​
  • Academia (as PhD students)

It also provides an excellent grounding for further academic study, for example at MSc level.

Module Details

  • Integrated Agricultural Systems
  • International Rural Development
  • Poverty and Food Security
  • Managing Global Soils in a Changing Climate
  • Facing the global challenges in food and agriculture

PLUS a choice of THREE elective modules (all modules 15 credits each):

  • Entrepreneurship and Business Planning
  • Environmental Science and Technology in Agriculture
  • Sustainable Business Strategy
  • Organic and Regenerative Systems
  • Livestock Production Technology and Innovation
  • Climate Change and Sustainability
  • Small Scale Farming and Local Food Supply
  • Crop Production Technology and Innovation

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