AUGUST
L1- Tuesday August 29, 2023: Introduction and overview of the course
L2- Thursday August 31, 2023: The World Food Problem and Why We Care
L3- Tuesday September 5, 2023: Conceptual framework and key concepts - Development
L4- Thursday September 7, 2023: Conceptual framework and key concepts – Poverty
L5- Tuesday September 12, 2023: Conceptual framework and key concepts - Poverty continued and globalization
L6- Thursday September 14, 2023: Economics of food demand
L7- Tuesday September 19, 2023: Population growth trends: demographic transition model and trends
L8- Thursday September 21, 2023: Gender, agriculture, and food security
L9- Tuesday September 26, 2023: Food security and food waste
L11- Tuesday October 3, 2023: Economics of food supply
L12- Thursday October 5, 2023: Aligning food demand with supply
L13- Tuesday October 10, 2023:Structural Transformation and Economic Growth
L14- Thursday October 12, 2023: Agricultural Production and the Environment
L15- Tuesday October 17, 2023: Shocks and Stressors - Climate Change: Impacts and Adaptation Strategies
L16- Thursday October 19, 2023: Shocks and Stressors - Armed Conflicts
L17- Thursday October 26, 2023: Introduction to Public Policy and Agriculture
L18- Tuesday October 31, 2023: Introduction to AID
L20- Tuesday November 7, 2023: National policies to address food security (SAPs)
L21- Thursday November 9, 2023: National policies to address food security (taxes and subsidies)
L22- Tuesday November 14, 2023: National policies to address food security (taxes and subsidies)
L23- Thursday November 16, 2023: Political economy of agricultural production
L25- Tuesday November 28, 2023- Resilience concept and measurement
Notes and readings will be provided later.
L26- Thursday November 30, 2023- Data revolution and agriculture
L27- Tuesday December 5, 2023- Data revolution and agriculture-continued