Transformation of the Global Food System

  • Created by Katherine Richardson
  • Course Duration 11 hours
  • Price USD$
  • User Rating 4.8
  • Platform Coursera
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The UN predicts we will be 9-10 billion people on Earth in 2050. Providing so many people with nutritious foods is a massive challenge and one that cannot be met by simply upscaling current practices regarding food production and consumption. Providing humanity with nutritional food is at the center of all decisions related to sustainable development.

Introduction to Precision Agriculture

  • Created by Derek Arbeiter
  • Course Duration 50m
  • Price USD$
  • User Rating 3.8
  • Platform Udemy
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Have you ever wondered how food is grown in today's world of high tech machines? In this course you will learn how technology is used in the world of agriculture and how it creates a sustainable, affordable food source. We will dive deep into precision agriculture and explore complex topics such as GPS and Yield Monitoring in a conceptual format.

Precision Agriculture Technology

  • Created by Eric Yeboah
  • Course Duration 2h 46m
  • Price USD$
  • User Rating 5.0
  • Platform Udemy
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Principles of precision agriculture, Yield monitors, Precision viticulture, Precision livestock, Remote sensing etc.

Agricultural Business Technology

  • Created by Eric Yeboah
  • Course Duration 2h 47m
  • Price USD$
  • User Rating 4.2
  • Platform Udemy
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Digital agriculture adoption, Emerging farm technologies, Blockchain agriculture, Technology impacting irrigation etc.

Sustainable Agricultural Land Management

  • Created by George J. Hochmuth
  • Course Duration 19 hours
  • Price USD$
  • User Rating 4.8
  • Platform Coursera
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This course will cover the agricultural and urban water quality issues in Florida, their bases, land and nutrient management strategies, and the science and policy behind the best management practices (BMPs). Students will learn to evaluate BMP research and analyze its role in determining practices and policies that protect water quality.

Introduction to Sustainability

  • Created by Dr. Jonathan Tomkin
  • Course Duration 25h
  • Price USD$
  • User Rating 4.8
  • Platform Coursera
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This course introduces the academic approach of Sustainability and explores how today’s human societies can endure in the face of global change, ecosystem degradation and resource limitations.

Agriculture, Economics and Nature

  • Created by Professor David Pannell
  • Course Duration 16 hours
  • Price USD$
  • User Rating 4.7
  • Platform Coursera
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ound economic thinking is crucial for farmers because they depend on good economic decision making to survive. Governments depend on economic information to make good policy decisions on behalf of the community. This course will help you to contribute to better decision making by farmers, or by agencies servicing agriculture, and it will help you to understand why farmers respond to policies and economic opportunities in the ways they do.