Masters degree in Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

15th November 2014
by manager

Agrinatura News

University of Ireland Galway is offering 1 year Masters degree in Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).

The new MSc in Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) provides students with the skills and tools for developing agricultural practices, policies and measures addressing the challenge that global warming poses for agriculture and food security worldwide. Graduates of this programme will be equipped to pursue roles associated with local, national and international efforts to promote sustainable agricultural production, global food security and climate change adaptation.

Programme facts:

Duration: 1 year

Closing date for applications: NUI Galway does not set a deadline for receipt of applications (with some exceptions). Offers will be issued on a continuous basis. Candidates are encouraged to apply as early as possible.

The MSc in Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) will be located within the Discipline of Botany and Plant Science and will have close interactions with the Plant and AgriBiosciences Centre (PABC) at NUI Galway. The CCAFS MSc programme is being developed as a partnership with the international CGIAR Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, which is led by the CGIAR and Future Earth, and which currently involves over 700 partners worldwide (www.ccafs.cgiar.org). The CCAFS MSc modules will be taught by world-leading scientists and researchers in their areas of expertise. Students will encounter a wide variety of teaching methods. Modules will include web-based learning, lectures, exercises, seminars, excursions and group/project work.

More information about the application process and content of the course can be found on the following link: http://www.nuigalway.ie/ccafs/ and in this document.