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Land, Water, Food, and Climate
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· Cambridge, USA
About this course
Graduate-level course examining the interconnections between land, water, food production, and climate. It explores food security debates, demand for food, natural resource constraints, environmental impacts of agriculture, climate change, and technological and policy options to reconcile global food demand with sustainable resource use.
Prerequisite Skills
Skills you should have before taking this course
Basic Statistics
Introductory Environmental Engineering
Earth Science Fundamentals
Scientific Reading and Discussion
Systems Thinking
Introductory Environmental Science
Hydrology Fundamentals
Agronomy Basics
Climate Science Fundamentals
Basic environmental science
Introductory climate science
Statistics and data analysis
Undergraduate-level economics
Introductory hydrology
Skills Gained
Skills you will develop by completing this course
Environmental Impact Assessment
Environmental Science
Climate Change Analysis
Water Resource Management
Agricultural Systems Analysis
Sustainability Planning
Data Interpretation in Earth Science
Policy Evaluation for Natural Resources
Water Resources Management
Trade and Resource Allocation
Project Management
Food security analysis
Climate change impacts on agriculture
Land use and land management
Sustainable agriculture
Agricultural policy and trade
Data interpretation for earth and environmental science