Training on Food Security and Agriculture

The course is suitable for individuals and business professionals who want to be more knowledgeable about the field of agriculture and climate change.

By the end of this training, participants will have acquired skills and practices:

• • Understand the Value Chain concept and the other concepts related to it
  • Identify the Value Chain actors and their role in the chain
  • Characterise production systems and post-harvest quality control systems
  • Understand the marketing steps in the Value chain approach
  • Understand the importance of Information agricultural and agri-food value chains approaches

Course Outline

The Course will cover three broad spectrums

1. Agriculture and Food Security

We’ll start off by looking at the nature of agriculture across regions in Africa and the current situation of food security. Eradicating poverty through creating food security is a key sustainable development goal. We will analyze food security in terms of availability, access, and utilization – and how each of these aspects can be affected by climate change. I’ll be providing some information about the projected impacts of climate change on agriculture before moving on to look at adaptive strategies. The cases this week offer a rich variety of contextual examples from smart agriculture in Mauritius to changes being made by Namibian livestock farmers.

2. Climate, Vulnerability and Development

This section will introduce the key concepts around climate adaptation and agriculture that this course is based on exploring the relationship between social and economic development in parts of Africa. We will look at the anticipated changes in the future climate of the region and how this could impact on Agriculture.

3. Specific topics covered in the training

• • • Food security in agriculture
    • Baseline Food Security Assessments
    • Impact of climate on agricultural production
    • Adaptation to climate change and farm extension services
    • Increasing Food Production
    • Availability Assessment and Analysis
    • Food Security Concepts and Frameworks
    • Livelihoods Assessment and Analysis
    • Markets Assessment and Analysis
    • Nutritional Status Assessment and Analysis
    • Agriculture and food security risks
    • Agriculture and Food Security Adaptations
    • Sector and chain-based approach of agricultural and agri-food values