Start of the Module “Interdisciplinary aspects of food security”

October 14, 2013

A core module of the PhD Program “Global Food Security” is the “Interdisciplinary Aspects to Food Security”. The start of this module also marked the start of this year’s PhD Program in october. The PhD Program is so far the only lecture program of the University that interlinks the three faculties of the University of Hohenheim Agriculture, Economics and Natural Sciences including Nutrition and Food Science.
The objective of this module is the familiarization of the scholars with the multidimensional nature of hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition. The broad and complex topic is approached by group work and case studies.