Deadline: 21 March 2017
Applications are open for Wageningen UR Center for Development Innovation’s (CDI) short term course on “Making Agriculture Work for Food and Nutrition Security”. The course duration is from 13 Nov -24 Nov 2017 in the Netherlands.
This course focuses on how agricultural programs and policies can become nutrition sensitive to achieve the nutrition objectives. In addition, we will explore the different agricultural pathways leading to food and nutrition security.
Experts will facilitate the course to provide you with the knowledge and skills to design and strengthen the implementation of nutrition sensitive agricultural programs and policies.
The course is highly interactive, building on the participant’s own experiences and cases.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course you will:
- understand the definitions of food systems, value chains, food security, nutrition security and their interconnectedness;
- be able to apply conceptual frameworks to ensure nutrition sensitive agricultural development programs and policies;
- have strengthen your competence in the design and implementation of agricultural development programs and policies to enhance the impact on nutrition.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants should have a BSc or equivalent in the field of agriculture, food and nutrition security, health, or a related field, and have at least three years of professional experience in governmental or local non-governmental organisation as a policy or planning officer, or a managing or co-ordinating position in one of the field related to the course.
- Proficiency in English is required.
How to Apply
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.
For more information, please visit Making Agriculture Work for Food and Nutrition Security.