Online Course on Sustainability in agricultural production

Only for students from the Valencian Community with links to the agri-food sector

The word sustainability has gone, in just a few years, from being used in very restricted circles to being used profusely in the media and in our conversations. It is applied in all areas of society, as reflected by the fact that even the UN has established the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. In the food system it is common in all links of the process.

Although Spanish farmers have been hearing about sustainable crop practices for several years, as a consequence of the different measures included in agricultural policies, in 2019, the European Union took a significant leap by proposing the Green Pact , or Green Deal. This is a new policy that includes all areas of the European economy and affects agriculture, first conditioning the new CAP and then proposing a set of strategies such as those known as 'Farm to Fork' and 'Biodiversity'.

For this reason, we have considered it important to develop a course focused on the sustainability of agricultural production, more specifically in the environmental perspective , leaving aside the economic, social and food security aspects. The different blocks of the course will address how to produce more food with fewer natural resources , reducing the consumption of agrochemicals, energy and water, and preserving the environment.