Unit Code: DNU706

Unit Name: Food Security, Climate change and Nutrition in Emergencies

Description: The world’s climate is rapidly changing due to global warming and will continue to do so for the decades and centuries ahead. This poses major challenges for future agricultural systems to provide food and other bio-resources for the 9 billion people that will occupy the planet by 2050. So it is a challenge to food security. On the other hand there is now a growing recognition of how different agriculture systems can contribute to climate change, past and present. Hence, the dual challenge of adapting future agricultural systems to climate change, must also include mitigation of the effects of agriculture on climate change. Climate change is also associated with emerging emergencies and malnutrition. the course gives an understanding to the students about the the relationship between food and nutrition security, climate change and emergencies, assessment of the nutritional status during emergencies and planning of intervention for these vulnerable groups.

Learning Target Outcomes: On successful completion of this course, the students will be able to : 1. Describe the concept of Food security and Factors effecting it. 2. Analyse current status of Food security in Pacific Island Countries. 3. Relate the effects of climate change with food security. 4. Evaluate the effects of climate change on Malnutrition and food borne diseases. 5. Assess nutritional status of individual and the community during emergencies in an ethical and professional manner. 6. Outline the nutrition intervention for vulnerable groups after emergencies.

Prerequisite: NA

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 15

Offered In: Semester 2