economics

Poverty and Food Insecurity

Poverty and Food Insecurity

Objectives: To promote more awareness on the multi-dimensional aspects of poverty and social exclusion; To gain better understanding of the importance of adopting ethical and sustainable life-style choices and food consumption patterns; To enhance understanding of how poverty and food…

Seasonality

Seasonality

Objectives: To promote more awareness on ethical and sustainable issues related to consumption patterns; To gain better understanding of the importance of consuming natural seasonal local produce versus imported processed food for sustainable development; To enhance understanding of the carbon…

Sustainable Consumption?

Sustainable Consumption?

Objectives: To promote more awareness on ethical and sustainable issues related to consumption patterns; To enhance understanding of the difference between nutritious natural food and unhealthy processed and packaged food products; To critically appraise the message promoted by commercial advertisements…

Food and Multinationals

Food and Multinationals

Objectives: Discovering the impact of MNCs on the production of food; Learning about the exploitation of resources and farm workers by large multinational companies; Understanding the concept and benefits of Fair Trade in food production; Understanding the role of MNCs…

Food and Technology

Food and Technology

Objectives: Learning about the main technological innovations in the agricultural sector, throughout history; Understanding the impact (both positive and negative) of these innovations for sustainable development; Learning about GMOs and their impact on the food production system; Learning about the…