PUBPOL 5135

World Food Systems and Public Policy

Course Description

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

This course aims to teach students the basics of global food systems, their governance, and the public policies that shape them across the globe. An emphasis will be put on understanding the interconnections between the developed world and the global south in food consumption and production.

When Offered Fall.

• Develop an in-depth understanding of global food systems, focusing on the governance structures, geopolitical interdependencies between developed and developing nations, and their complex structural intricacies.
• Explore critical issues and global policies affecting food systems, analyzing case studies that impact consumer choices, world policies, and identifying sustainable solutions to global food security challenges.
• Understand the interconnections between society, ecology, and governance, and their broader implications for food governance, security, nutritional outcomes, and sustainability.
• Encourage and enable students to improve communication skills and develop creative and critical faculties through diverse course activities, such as reading, writing, and presenting elevator pitches, writing policy memos, while gaining a nuanced understanding of pressing issues in global food systems.

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