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.

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The Future of Farming: Exploring Climate Smart Agriculture

Course Topic

Agriculture, Nature & Environment

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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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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