Post Graduate Diploma in Livelihoods and Food Security

Course Overview

It has been documented that Micronutrient deficiency affects 2 billion people making them susceptible to long-term, irreversible health effects, as well as having damaging socio-economic consequences and If women farmers had the same access to productive resources as men, it could reduce the number of hungry people in the world by up to 17% due to increased crop yields.

The program is aimed at tackling the root causes of hunger by addressing problems of production, access, and income. Encompassing a wide array of activities customized to meet a community’s specific needs, the program is designed to bolster agricultural production, jumpstart local market activity, support micro-enterprise initiatives, and otherwise enhance a vulnerable community’s access to sustainable sources of food and income.

Course Modules

• Introduction to livelihoods and food security
• Livelihoods and food security in Humanitarian crises
• Food security
• Livelihoods supporting programs
• Global Challenges to Food Security and Nutrition
• Food Sovereignty’ and Socio-Political Stability
• Sustainable Development and the ‘Right to Food’
• Impact of Land Grabbing on Food Security
• Towards Sustainable Agriculture Development
• Breast Feeding, Public Health, and Human Development
• Nutrition and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
• Nutrition and Infectious Disease

Course Assignments

Participants will be required to submit 10 assignments, a research paper, and one final examination for the period of 12 months to demonstrate their understanding of the course content. Assignments account for 60%, research paper accounts for 30% while Examination accounts for 10% of the marks.

Merits

Upon successful completion of the course, the participant will receive a Post Graduate Certificate of Merit and a transcript.