The Future of Farming: Exploring Climate Smart Agriculture

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The Future of Farming: Exploring Climate Smart Agriculture
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The Future of Farming: Exploring Climate Smart Agriculture
The course The Future of Farming: Exploring Climate Smart Agriculture is an online class provided by University of Reading through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

How can we adapt farming to an uncertain future? Could the answer be Climate Smart Agriculture? Find out with this free course.

Course description
  • Can Climate Smart Agriculture help farming meet the challenges of climate change
  • 3 weeks
  • Global warming is a reality so it’s vital our societies and industries respond to the changing climate. Can farming meet this challenge?
  • Explore the principles and practical applications of Climate Smart Agriculture: mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, adaption to climate change and stable or increased food production in the context of European dairy farming and wine production.
  • How does farming impact on global warming and greenhouse gases? What are the barriers to adopting CSA and how can these be addressed?
  • Climate change and greenhouse gases
  • The interactions between climate change and agriculture
  • Food security
  • Climate smart agriculture; history, principles and examples
  • Different views on the food production system
  • The basics of milk production, cow husbandry, digestion and herd management
  • Greenhouse gas emissions and the possibilities for reducing them, within dairy farming
  • The importance of plants for our atmosphere
  • Other forms of sustainable farming
  • Possible options for reducing energy consumption
  • The basics of wine production
  • General, sustainable crop management practices
  • Problems for the wine industry created by climate change
  • Possibilities for adapting the wine industry to climate change
  • Examples of how data can be used to help make decisions in agriculture
  • Critical views regarding climate smart agriculture
  • Investigate the interactions between climate change and agriculture, including basic facts about the effects of climate change and the most important greenhouse gases
  • Describe the principles of climate smart agriculture, in particular the three pillars of mitigation, adaptation and productivity
  • Explore the basics of milk and wine production, possible future problems in these sectors and how they can be subject to adaptation and mitigation
  • Discuss the complexity of food production systems, why it can be difficult to implement climate smart agriculture and other forms of sustainable farming, and how the effects can be measured
  • Reflect on how consumer behaviour, policies and regulations, and financial aspects influence the adoption of climate smart and other sustainable practices
  • There are no special requirements for this course. It will be of interest to anyone who wants to learn more about modern food production, farming and environmental challenges.
  • University of Reading
  • The University of Reading has a reputation for excellence in teaching, research and enterprise.
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Prerequisites & Facts

The Future of Farming: Exploring Climate Smart Agriculture

Course Topic

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University, College, Institution

University of Reading

Course Skill Level

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Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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Degree & Cost

The Future of Farming: Exploring Climate Smart Agriculture

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / University of Reading you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.
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School: University of Reading
Topic: Agriculture, Nature & Environment

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