2020-2021 / GEST3019-2

Food Policy and Strategy

Duration

9h Th, 15h Pr, 3h FT

Number of credits

 Master in agroecology (120 ECTS)3 crédits 
 Master in agricultural bioengineering (120 ECTS)3 crédits 

Lecturer

Philippe Burny, Thomas Dogot, Philippe Lebailly

Coordinator

Philippe Lebailly

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

To introduce the food industry economy through consideration of each sector successively.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

To analyse from an economic point of view all the activities linked to the food chair in a giver society.
After completing the course the student is expected to :

  • Analyse the economic activities which take part in food function
  • Understand the stakes of the food policies
  • Criticize various cases of food strategies
The course helps develop student's skills in the following stages of development :
  • Evaluate the impact of external components, taken individually, on an agronomic system within its sector
  • Establish an inventory of existing public actions in a specific area and assess their operational effectiveness
  • Analyze the socio-economic and environmental aspects of a technical project and their impact on society and the environment

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Lectures : 12h Case studies : 12h Personal work : 12h

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Recommended or required readings

Powerpoint and readings

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Any session :

- In-person

written exam AND oral exam

- Remote

written work

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred remote


Additional information:

Written examination and oral presentation. Depending on the COVID measures during exams periods, the written examination and the presentation will be done face-to-face or remotely.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Lebailly Philippe
Professor
Bât. GE Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech Passage des Déportés 2 5030 Gembloux
+32 81 622361 philippe.lebailly@ulg.ac.be