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How do we produce more, better quality, and safer food while simultaneously achieving social and environmental goals?
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The Mediterranean region is one of the most biodiverse in the world, home to a complex and intricate patchwork of cultures, climates, and cuisines. Food systems in the region -- represented worldwide by the "Mediterranean diet" -- are equally complex, demanding analysis across the political, social, cultural, economic and nutritional spectrums from landscape to table.
The ability of Mediterranean agriculture to sustain its peoples -- and the planet -- is now threatened by several issues:
This course discusses the challenges and opportunities of the agricultural sector in the Mediterranean basin. It summarizes global-to-local challenges related to achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG); outlines the history and culture of agriculture and its main characteristics with a focus on the "Mediterranean diet"; explains agricultural data with a focus on rural development models and value creation; explores EU policy frameworks and international agreements related to food and agriculture in the Mediterranean; and highlights emerging opportunities linked to innovation and sustainability in the sector.
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Want to learn more about sustainable food and nutrition around the world? Check out the SDG Academy course "Feeding a Hungry Planet: Agriculture, Nutrition and Sustainability."
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Additional educational resources developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are provided in each module.
Prologue
Module 1: The Mediterranean challenges around food and agriculture
Module 2: History of agriculture in Mediterranean basin and Mediterranean Diet
Module 3: Poverty alleviation, economic and social rural development
Module 4: Fisheries and aquaculture
Module 5: How to achieve the SDGs in the Mediterranean: Water resources and fisheries management
Module 6: How to achieve the SDGs in the Mediterranean: Sustainable farming systems under environmental and climatic constraints
Module 7: How to achieve the SDGs in the Mediterranean: Food value chain for regional and local development
Module 8: How to achieve the SDGs in the Mediterranean: Reducing food waste and enhancing by-product innovations
Module 9: How to achieve the SDGs in the Mediterranean: Nutrition and education
Module 10: New professional profiles in a Mediterranean context
