Shifting knowledge to insight www.enterprises.up.ac.za NEXT PAGE Whether you’re new or established within in the food and nutrition security environment, this opportunity will help you excel and gain new insights, perspectives, skills and knowledge to advance your career and contribute towards addressing the sustainable development goals (SDGs). The Course in Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) will provide you with knowledge on what food and nutrition security is, why it matters and the impact on policies and programmes adopted to fight hunger and malnutrition. Achieving nutrition and food security globally is a complex and multi-faceted challenge, which requires novel approaches, evidence, and new policy and institutional enabling environments. The shift is to broaden the agricultural focus in Africa from aiming to attain food security, to incorporating nutritional security. The unique offering of this course is the comprehensive digitally enabled food and livelihood collection system as a valuable tool and method to analyse and assess food security. This course covers the interlinkages between food, nutrition, agri-food systems and food policies, and the importance of adopting a multisectoral and multidisciplinary approach. Course in Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) Presented by ARUA Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Food Systems, CaBFoodS-Africa project, University of Pretoria 11 October 2021 - 19 November 2021 LIMITED SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE ONLINE 8
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Whether you’re new or established within in the food and nutrition security environment, this opportunity will help you excel and gain new insights, perspectives, skills and knowledge to advance your career and contribute towards addressing the sustainable development goals (SDGs). The Course in Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) will provide you with knowledge on what food and nutrition security is, why it matters and the impact on policies and programmes adopted to fight hunger and malnutrition. Achieving nutrition and food security globally is a complex and multi-faceted challenge, which requires novel approaches, evidence, and new policy and institutional enabling environments. The shift is to broaden the agricultural focus in Africa from aiming to attain food security, to incorporating nutritional security.
The unique offering of this course is the comprehensive digitally enabled food and livelihood collection system as a valuable tool and method to analyse and assess food security.
This course covers the interlinkages between food, nutrition, agri-food systems and food policies, and the importance of adopting a multisectoral and multidisciplinary approach.
Course in Food and Nutrition Security (FNS)Presented by ARUA Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Food Systems, CaBFoodS-Africa project, University of Pretoria
11 October 2021 - 19 November 2021
LIMITED
SCHOLARSHIPS
AVAILABLE
ONLINE8
Course content
Course structure
1 course, 6 weeks, 6 unitsThis is an e-learning online course that consists of a combination of self-paced theory sessions where you can learn at your own time, and is combined with collaborative activities such as live webinars, interactive presentations, video clips by leading experts in food and nutrition security, and other relevant learning materials. On average, delegates will need to commit to 3-5 hours per week to the course content in order to complete the course successfully.
Course in Food and Nutrition Security (FNS)Presented by ARUA Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Food Systems, CaBFoodS-Africa project, University of Pretoria
By the end of this course, delegates will be able to:
• Understand food and nutrition security concepts and complexity
• Apply food security indicators evaluation methods• Learn about the objective tree logical framework
approaches to food and nutrition security programmes• Map a basic value chain and understand the value of the
commercialisation of value chains• Using consumer behaviour as a tool to create more
sustainable food systems• Understand the tools and methods used to analyse food
security• Carry out an assessment of household food security• Understand the policies associated with food and
nutrition security• Contribute to building capacity required across research
and policy to tackle this multi-faceted challenge, and help avoid the policy paralysis which in some countries led to little or no progress towards addressing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Who should enrol?
This course is most relevant for graduates, post-graduate students, professionals, decision makers, analysts, policy makers, advisors, project managers, coordinators and officers involved in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of food and nutrition security programmes in the areas of nutrition, food security, food systems, food economics, public health nutrition, agriculture extension, consumer and food science.
Course fees
R8 500.00 per delegate (VAT incl.)Course fees covers tuition fees, course material, assessments and certification upon completion of the course. The number of delegates is capped, and a limited number of scholarships is available for those who apply before 1 October 2021.Course fees must be paid in full 14 days prior to course start dates. Proof of payment can be submitted to [email protected].
Scholarships
A limited number of scholarships is available for candidates that are eligible and apply before 1 October 2021. Applicants need to apply online by clicking here: ARUA Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Food Systems: ARUA-SFS. Scholarships cover tuition fees, course materials, access to Blackboard Learn (ClickUP), assessments and certification. Please note that only tuition fees are covered and that no daily subsistence allowance (DSA) will be provided. No travel expenses will be required to attend this course.
Eligibility criteria:• Candidates must be a permanent resident from an African
country and must submit proof of residency/ID/passport copy with application
• Candidates must submit a personal statement (max 500 words) and motivate their reasons for wishing to undertake this course
• Candidates must be fluent in English• Candidates must at least have a Bachelor degree in a
relevant discipline. See admission requirements for more information.
Admission requirements
Learning assumed to be in place: Bachelor degree in either nutrition, epidemiology, food or agricultural science and economics or related field.
Accreditation and certification
Enterprises University of Pretoria (Pty) Ltd is wholly owned by the University of Pretoria. As a public higher education institution, the University of Pretoria functions in accordance to the Higher Education Act 101 of 1997. Enterprises University of Pretoria offers short courses on behalf of the University and these short courses are not credit-bearing, and do not lead to formal qualifications on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) – unless stated otherwise. Delegates who successfully complete a short course and comply with the related assessment criteria (where applicable) are awarded certificates of successful completion and/or attendance by the University of Pretoria.
Course in Food and Nutrition Security (FNS)Presented by ARUA Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Food Systems, CaBFoodS-Africa project, University of Pretoria
Registration and enquiriesProgramme Manager Kim Morgan Tel: +27 (0)12 434 2629Cel: +27 (0)84 504 8202Email: [email protected]
COURSE DIRECTORS:Prof HC Schönfeldt Co-Director of ARUA Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Food Systems, University of Pretoria, South Africa, and DSI/NRF/NDP SARChI Chair in Nutrition and Food Security. Dr Beulah PretoriusCentre Manager of the Capacity Building in Food Security for Africa (CaBFoodS-Africa) project, Univesrity of Pretoria.
PRESENTERS: Prof Luc D’Haese Emeritus Professor of Antwerp (Faculty of Bio Science Engineering) and Ghent University (Department of Agricultural Economics). Dr Nazeeia SayedPostdoctoral fellow and project manager for the National Dietary Intake Survey in South Africa and registered dietician.
Dr Melissa van der MerweLecturer at the Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Stellenbosch.
Ms Zani VeldsmanLecturer at Cape Peninsula University of Technlogy (CPUT).
Ms Bertha Munthali Nutrition officer, Advisor and Consultant.
Course in Food and Nutrition Security (FNS)Presented by ARUA Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Food Systems, CaBFoodS-Africa project, University of Pretoria
