MSc Agroecology, Water and Food Sovereignty

Global Reach

MSc Agroecology, Water and Food Sovereignty

Course Start Date and Duration Full time

Part time

Enrolment

12 months

24 months

September

CAWR have projects in: • Australia • Bolivia • Brazil • Cuba • India • Iran • Iraq • Ireland

How to Apply For enquiries regarding the Centre or the MSc Email: liz.woodard@coventry.ac.uk Website: www.coventry.ac.uk/cawr-msc Phone: 02477 651 600

• Jordan • Kenya • Mali • Mexico • New Zealand • Nepal • Nigeria • Peru

• Somalia • South Africa • Spain • Uganda • United Kingdom • USA

MSc Agroecology, Water and Food Sovereignty The MSc Agroecology, Water and Food Sovereignty is a transdisciplinary course addressing current issues related to food production, management of natural resources, climate change, land degradation and building resilient societies.

It is a unique approach to finding sustainable solutions where conventional approaches are failing, in that it goes beyond the issue of access to natural resources, food and water, and addresses their governance locally, nationally and at global scale.

This course is designed for students from a wide range of disciplines that include physical and natural sciences, geography, social sciences and humanities, economics, and political sciences.

Our Centre

Modules

The Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) is the largest centre in the world doing transdisciplinary research on the links between agroecology and sustainable food systems, water management and community resilience.

Each module involves ‘face to face’ contact at the university (including lectures, seminars and workshops) accompanied by directed and self-directed study, which may be undertaken off campus.

With an international team of 50 plus researchers and a growing postgraduate community CAWR is an engaging and thriving research environment.

• Global Processes for Water Sustainability and Resilience • Policies and Institutions for Food and Water Sovereignty • Community Self-Organisation and Resilience • Stabilisation Agriculture • Gender, Food Systems and Natural Resources • Agroecological Techniques and Practices • Participation, Power and People’s Knowledge

Entry Requirements

• Resilient Food and Water Systems in Practice

At least a Second Class honours degree in a relevant social or natural science discipline; or other qualification; or considerable work experience.

• Project

Course Outline The MSc Agroecology, Water and Food Sovereignty reflects the broad range of issues relating to food and water sovereignty and how agroecology contributes to alleviate them.

The course has been designed to appeal to a wide range of graduates from a variety of disciplines.

Career Prospects • National and international government agencies • Non-governmental organisations • Research and development organisations • Academia • Private sector - including food companies and the farming sector