Feeding the billions - Challenges and Innovation in Food and Water Security Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Overview

This Feeding the Billions - Challenges and Innovation in Food and Water Security course offered by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam  examines food and water security challenges through evidence-based and interdisciplinary perspectives. Participants explore how growing population demands, agricultural production, water availability, and climate-related pressures influence global food systems. The programme combines lectures, discussions, group work, field-based learning, and international collaboration activities to investigate practical and policy-oriented responses to food and water challenges.

Key Facts

Using real-world examples from the Netherlands and South Africa, learners analyse food systems, nutrition security, water management, climate-smart agriculture, agricultural policies, international food markets, and innovative interventions across the value chain. The course also develops skills in communication, debate, intercultural collaboration, data collection, stakeholder analysis, and critical evaluation of food security, nutrition, and climate change issues across diverse socio-ecological contexts.