Geographies of Food Security

• • Geographies of food security: key concepts and this unit
  • Introduction to the concept, dimensions and measurements of food security
  • Scale and food security patterns
  • Population growth, settlement patterns and urbanisation
  • Geographies of food consumption
  • Environmental challenges: climate change, water availability and adaptation
  • Global food networks, supply chains and vertical integration
  • Food insecurity, conflict and aid
  • Food Safety: protecting populations and controlling markets
  • Sustainable livelihoods case study: small holder settlers in Papua New Guinea
  • Urban agriculture and farmers markets
  • Indigenous food security: from land conflict to health promotions

You won't be able to enrol into this subject if you've already successfully completed or currently enrolled in the following subject(s) as they are considered anti-requisites due to the similarity of the content.

• CUR-GPH200-Geographies of Food Security

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

This subject will provide an insight into the global food situation and the challenge to increase food production given the contexts of population growth and increased competition over access to resources. A range of topics will be examined through case studies from Australia, its region and worldwide. The subject recognises and appreciates diverse indigenous knowledges, perspectives, cultures and histories of food and food security. A strong fieldwork component provides opportunities for problem-based learning in professions that require a developing understanding of food security, such as education, government agencies, NGOs and tourism.

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• Exercise (50%)
• Report (50%)

Current study term: 27 Nov 22 to 26 Feb 23

Next study term: 28 May 23 to 27 Aug 23