Deadline: 22-Mar-22
The Wageningen University & Research (WUR) Centre for Development Innovation (CDI) is offering a Course under “Lost Harvest and Wasted Food”.
Estimates indicate that 30-40% of the food produced globally is lost post-harvest or wasted because it is never consumed. Without these losses sufficient food is produced to feed the world population, even when it reaches 9 billion people. Science fiction? Maybe but not completely. In this course they will look at ways to minimize losses, reduce food waste and explore alternative uses. Ultimately this should contribute to food security.
Courses are Currently Online
The courses are currently online and follow this format:
- Pre-course assignments for you to get to know WCDI and for them to get to know your work environment and your expectations about the course;
- Interactive plenary sessions where they share content, review assignments and facilitate exchanging experiences. During those interactive sessions they work with a number of online tools like Google Jamboard, Mural and Mentimeter;
- Group work either online or offline where you with other participants address a specific question or do an assignment. Results of these assignments are also shared and discussed during online sessions;
- Individual assignments where you will read literature, watch videos, and do exercises on your own. These assignments are an essential part of the learning and most of them count for getting the certificate. They are meant to introduce or deepen knowledge and make the link between theory and your own situation. These assignments are reviewed either by peers or facilitators.
In some, but not all courses they go on virtual field visits – showing you ‘live’ situations in the field, or with companies or organizations that they collaborate with. They offer coaching trajectories where they support you one-on-one or in small groups to review your individual learning paths in the course and help with any basic questions you may have.
What will you learn?
Upon completion of the course you will:
- Understand the link between primary production, post-harvest management, the supply chain and food security
- Be familiar with alternative uses of food waste
- Have insight into the public and private responsibilities in the supply chain for post-harvest handling and food waste management
- Be able to design solutions for minimizing the amount of ‘missing food’, from smallholders to multinational retailers
For whom is this course?
The course is designed for practitioners who have an active interest in this field, like managers, policy makers, specialists and senior technical staff who are professionally involved in the crop supply chain and deal with post-harvest and food waste management. Participants should be proficient in English and have at least a BSc degree or an equivalent academic qualification.
Technology Requirements Online Learning
The short courses of 2021 are offered online. Minimum technical and software requirements for online learning courses are:
- Stable internet connection: required to access the online learning platform and assignments (at least 3G mobile network).
- Hardware requirement: access to a laptop, smartphone, tablet or a personal computer with webcam and microphone.
Application Procedure
- Register for the course of your interest by clicking the ‘apply’ button on the webpage of this course. A registration form will open;
- Fill in the required fields of the registration form. Please note to write your date of birth without a zero;
- Before you submit, check your details on the final page of the registration form;
- After submitting, you will receive a confirmation email. Make sure to directly click on the link in the email to confirm your registration. Without your confirmation, your registration cannot be processed;
- If you apply as an OKP or MSP-scholarship candidate, you will receive a registration letter for the scholarship at the beginning of the scholarship cycle.
- If you apply as a self-funded participant: they will forward your request for acceptance to the course leader. This can take some time as it depends on the coordinators’ schedule (1-3 weeks);
- If you’re accepted into the course program, they will send you an admission letter by e-mail.
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