Deadline for NFP: 22 March 2016
The Wageningen UR Center for Development Innovation (CDI) will conduct a short term course on ‘Food security in an urbanizing society’ from 5 September 2016 to 16 September 2016 in the Netherlands. Applicants can apply via the Netherlands Fellowships. NFP fellowships help to cover the costs of travel, accommodation, tuition fee and insurance.
In this exciting, highly interactive course, participants will be exposed to the latest concepts and international experiences from the wider Wageningen UR community and RUAF brokered to them by the leading experts themselves. Through this network of excellence, participants will be fully acquainted with innovative but very practical tools and concepts related to analysis and design of sustainable city-region food systems.
Course objectives
Upon completion of the course participants will:
- be able to understand and intervene in complex rural-urban planning processes from an integrated, holistic and multi-stakeholder perspective;
- have a clear picture of the multiple aspects of the interaction between agriculture and the cities and its relation to climate change, food and nutrition security and resilience;
- be acquainted with the basic principles of the metropolitan food cluster, urban and peri-urban agriculture, urban metabolism and city-region food systems;
- have strengthened skills to analyse their own situation and design more sustainable solutions.
Course Structure
Participants will be exposed to a mix of lectures, discussions, group work and field visits that offer theoretical foundations as well as practical approaches to sustainable agri-food systems. The course will explore options that are already available for further development and evaluate new strategies to contribute to the design of sustainable and responsible city-region food systems.
Who can Apply
- Participants of this course will have at least a BSc level and 5 years of professional work experience in areas relevant to the course topic.
- Proficiency in English is a must.
How to Apply
- A complete application consists of two parts:
- A registration for a short course at CDI
- An application for an NFP fellowship through the online application form.
- Applications can be accessed online through the website. Applicants must first have to create an account on the website and register themselves for the course.
- After completing your registration, you will receive a confirmation email. If you are eligible to apply for an NFP fellowship, you will receive an admission letter with instructions on how to apply for an fellowship (if applicable).
For more information and to apply for this short course, please visit Wageningen UR short Course 2016.
For more information about these Fellowships, please visit Netherlands Fellowship Programme.
