GDEV 4450

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GDEV 4450
Toward a Sustainable Global Food System: Food Policy for Developing Countries

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

Comprehensive presentation and discussion of policy options for a sustainable global food system, with focus on developing countries. Topics include economic policy related to nutrition, health, consumption, production, natural resource management, trade, markets, gender roles, armed conflict, and ethics. A social entrepreneurship approach based on case studies and active participation by students will be used.

When Offered Fall.

Distribution Category (SBA-HE) (SBA-AG)
Course Attribute (CU-SBY, EC-SAP)

Comments Preferred prerequisite: 6 credits in economics, applied economics, or sociology and/or 6 credits in nutrition and/or agriculatural sciences.

Outcomes
  • Ability to analyze a specific food policy problem, identify the related policy issues, suggest one or more policy options to solve the problem, and estimate how each option would affect relevant stakeholder groups and their expected response.
  • Ability to undertake the above with limited information and within a short time frame.
  • Motivation to engage in the design and implementation of innovative solutions to existing and expected future problems related to the global, national and local food systems, i.e. to be a social or policy entrepreneur within or outside the public sector.

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Syllabi:

  • 11304 GDEV 4450   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Preferred prerequisite: 6 credits in economics, applied econ, or sociology; and 6 credits in nutrition and/or agricultural sciences. Attendance to first lecture is required; no shows will be dropped. Please send any questions about enrollment in this class to Division of Nutritional Sciences (DNS) Student Services, dnsstudentservices@cornell.edu.