Course: Food geography

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Course title Food geography
Course code KGEO/E313
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Smutná Zdeňka, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction to the geography of agriculture and the geography of food 2. Agri-food systems and globalization 3. Food production and climate change 4. Global and regional value chains in the agri-food system 5. Multinational corporations in third world countries 6. Consumerism 7. Food insecurity and justice 8. Alternative approaches in agro-food systems 9. Agricultural policy 10. Localization, sustainability and challenges 11. Innovation for sustainability 12. Excursion 13. Excursion

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
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Recommended literature
  • Brunori, G., a Grando, S. (2020). Innovation for sustainability: Small farmers facing new challenges in the evolving food systems. Emerald Group Publishing..
  • Robinson, G.M. (2004). Geographies of agriculture: globalisation, restructuring and sustainability. Pearson Education..
  • Schmied, D. N. Nahrungsgeographie. Westermann: Braunschweig (2018).
  • Winter, M. (2003). Geographies of food: agro-food geographies making reconnections. Progress in Human geography, 27(4), 505-513..


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