Tackling the Global Food Crisis: Supply Chain Integrity (FutureLearn)

Humanity faces a considerable problem in maintaining and enhancing food supplies on a global basis, whilst improving our wellbeing in both the developing and developed world. Obesity and other growing problems related to dietary excess pose huge economic and health implications in the developed world; In many low resourced countries simply getting enough to eat can be the issue, with poor quality food often contaminated with hazardous agents and economic pressures affecting land use and food production. With the increasing population, and climate change threatening existing food supplies new challenges will need to be overcome to maintain food supplies in a healthy and sustainable manner.

Humanity faces a considerable problem in maintaining and enhancing food supplies on a global basis, whilst improving our wellbeing in both the developing and developed world. Obesity and other growing problems related to dietary excess pose huge economic and health implications in the developed world; In many low resourced countries simply getting enough to eat can be the issue, with poor quality food often contaminated with hazardous agents and economic pressures affecting land use and food production. With the increasing population, and climate change threatening existing food supplies new challenges will need to be overcome to maintain food supplies in a healthy and sustainable manner.

It will cover topics including: food fraud and integrity, soil quality, plant health and climate change.