Current agricultural practices are extractive in nature and have an enormous environmental impact. Agriculture is one of the largest contributors to climate change. In turn, climate change is also causing enormous damage to agricultural productivity. In this scenario, the challenge of feeding 9 billion people by 2050 is going to be an uphill task. Shifting towards …
In the course, we’ll look at the elements required to understand the “Why”, “What” and “How” of Urban Agriculture. Setting the context – Purpose behind Urban agriculture (key drivers) Understanding the innovations in Urban agriculture – Examples from different parts of the world How are these Urban agriculture innovations deployed in practice Which of the …
Agriculture production can be considered as the heart of the food ecosystem that is feeding all of us. In this course we shall try and get a feel for these two elements: State of agricultural industry ( type of farm companies, size of the farm holding etc.) Critical decision related to production Choice of crop …
