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人类与饥饿课程教学大纲课程基本信息Course Information课程代码*学时*学分Credits322Course CodeCredit Hours*课程名称中文人类与饥饿Course Name英文Feeding theworld课程性质summer coursefor overseasscholars CourseType授课对象undergraduate studentsTarget Audience授课语言English Languageof Instruction*开课院系School Schoolof Agricultureand Biology先修课程Prerequisite目前全球有近10亿人口每日都处于饥饿状态随着人口增长,水资源、能源的日益消耗,全球饥饿人口数量将继续处于上升趋势本课程主要围绕全球食物供给、食*课程简介Description品生产、食品物流等方面深度解析全球饥饿水平,从科学技术、经济、政策等多角度分析全球食物供给危机培养学生了解与日常生活息息相关的现代农业科学知识、食品营养与食品安全的知识Continuing humanpopulation increases,competition forwater supplies,and concernabout energyprices haveled togreat pessimismabout long-term foodsupplies.Already abillion peoplego hungryevery day.This coursewill offeran in-depth lookat keyissues inglobal*课程简介Description foodsufficiency,food production,food distribution,prospects andconstraints.It isaccessible tostudents fromall fieldsof studyand academicbackgrounds.You willdevelop anintegrated technical,economic andpolitical understandingof theglobal foodsupply crisis.You will be equippedto understandand appreciatemedia reportsrelated tothis issuein yourlives asinformed andinfluential citizens.课程教学大纲Course Syllabus
1.To understand the technological,political,economic andethical dimensionsof theglobal foodsupply enterprise*学习目标
2.To examinethe capacity of modernagriculture toproduce food,andtheLearning Outcomescapacityofthe politicalsystem todistribute foodglobally
3.To goacross disciplinaryboundaries anddevelop analyticalskills andgeneral understandingof animportant topic教学内容作业及要基本要求学时教学方式求考查方式Food productionand populationtrends:an introductionto theGlobal Literature4Lecture problemsinherent inDiscussion Productionreading agriculturalactivity andthe relationshipsamong production,population andimport/export offood Thespecial problemof China,the worldsbiggest Literatureproducer andconsumer ofFocus onChina4Lecture Discussionreading food;can andshould Chinaaim forself-sufficiency Asdemand increases,who canfeed China*教学内容Agriculture isan energy-进度安排及要求intensive business.Where Classdo theresources tosupport agriculturecome fromScheduleRequirements LiteratureEnergy4Lecture What are theenergy Discussionreading demandsof agriculturalchemical production,equipment,farm operations,and distributionWater andagriculture.Industrialization andurbanization competewith agriculturefor limitedLiterature water4Lecture watersupplies.Salinization Discussionreading andpollution ofwater limitagricultural productivityand impacton thehealthfulness ofthe foodsupply.The GreenThe wheatrevolution inLiterature Revolution4Lecture Mexicoand India;the Discussionreading Asianrice revolution.Interaction oftechnical andsocial factors.Role ofbiotechnology-promising orlimited Howare fertilizers,pesticides,herbicides,hormones,antibiotics andLiterature Chemicalinputs4Lecture otheragricultural Discussionreading chemicalsused tosustain highproduction agricultureWhataregenetically modifiedcrops Whatare GeneticLiterature theirpotential benefitsand4Lecture DiscussionModification readingrisks Whyis thissuch anemotional andpolitical topicLooking atthe agriculturalsupply chainfrom farmto dinner-plate,there aremany sourcesof loss,Literature waste,damage andWaste4Lecture Discussionreading deteriorationof products.Remember,half thegrain inIndia iseaten byrats.Storage,recycling,reduced packaging,and wastereduction effortswill bediscussed.••••••Written quizzesin class20%*考核方式Grading Classparticipation15%Project andpresentation65%*教材或参考资料TextbooksOther Materialswillbeprovided Materials其它(More)备注Notes备注说明
1.带*内容为必填项,英语授课课程需另提交一份英文填写版本
2.课程简介字数为300-500字;课程大纲以表述清楚教学安排为宜,字数不限。