Program Overview

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Program Overview

The world becomes increasingly urban, with two-thirds of the world's population expected to live in cities by 2050, particularly in Africa and Asia. Natural resource scarcity, climate change, and population growth pose significant challenges. Developing sustainable and resilient food systems in urbanizing areas, using an integral perspective and facilitating rural-urban integration, is essential to ensure urban food and nutrition security.

Course Description

The course "Feeding Cities: Improving Food Systems in Urban Areas" aims to provide participants with the latest concepts, international experiences, tools, methods, and approaches for food system analysis and urban food policy and planning. The course will be taught in a blended format, partially online and partially in an OKP country, not The Netherlands.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course, participants will:

• Get well acquainted with the concept of city region food systems in relation to food and nutrition security in densely populated areas
• Be able to use the concepts of city region food systems to analyze urban food and nutrition security issues
• Be able to use different designs, methods, and approaches, and their interrelationships, in planning for food and nutrition security in urbanizing societies

Target Audience

The course is open to international participants and MSc students of Wageningen University, preferably active in one of the following fields:

• Rural/urban/spatial planning
• Agribusiness development
• Rural/urban livelihood governance
• Food and nutrition security
• Sustainable development Several years of professional work experience and at least a BSc level are additional assets. Proficiency in English is a must.

Course Details

Providing food and nutrition security for the rapidly expanding populations in the world’s cities is a pressing challenge. The urban population heavily relies on a multitude of food systems for their daily food needs, varying from industrial agro-logistical networks to local engagement of consumers with producers. The projected population growth adds a layer of complexity to the current food systems. Strengthening the access to nutritious, affordable, and acceptable food for communities in the cities requires resilient agri-food systems.

Course Format

Courses will be taught in blended format, partially online and partially in an OKP country, not The Netherlands. Details will follow soon.

Application and Registration

On top of this page, you can apply for the course 'Feeding Cities: Improving Food Systems in Urban Areas'. Depending on your nationality, your organisation, and the type of course you wish to join, your eligibility and the application procedures may differ.

Course Coordinator

• Course Coordinator: dr.ir. MC (Marion) Herens

Important Dates

• Deadline Orange Knowledge Scholarship Programme 2023 course: 30 March 2023
• Deadline course registration 2023: 11 September 2023

Additional Information

The global challenge is to provide sufficient food for a nutritious diet for healthy living for the growing world population that can be sustained for generations. This course explores the role of food systems in the provision of healthy and sustainable diets at national, regional, and global levels.