The Course
The world's climate is rapidly changing due to global warming. This poses major challenges for future agricultural systems to provide food and other bioresources for the nine billion people that will occupy the planet by 2050. The interdisciplinary MSc in Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) provides students with the skills and tools for developing agricultural practices, policies and inventions to address the challenge that global warming poses for agriculture and food security worldwide. This programme is aimed at students who want to combine scientific, engineering, technical, social and/or policy skills so that they are better equipped to understand and make significant contributions regarding the adaptation and mitigation of climate change impacts on global agriculture and food security.
The MSc CCAFS includes nine in-depth modules taught by leading researchers and experts; training in multidisciplinary research skills, science communication and career development; and a 30 ECTS research project. Many students do their projects with prestigious partner organisations in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe.
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3 GOOD REASONS TO STUDY THIS COURSE
1. Excellence in interdisciplinary training: awarded the GradIreland 2017 'Best New Postgraduate Course' title.
2. Mobility opportunity: all studies complete a research project or internship worth one third of the final grade; this research may be completed at the student's place of work, within the international CGIAR Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security or in collaboration with other institutional partners.
3. Buoyant jobs market for graduates: previous students now have work in the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (Rome), social enterprise energy companies (UK), environment division of Southern Scientific (Ireland), climate-smart agriculture and aquaculture (Malawi, Zambia), and PhD study in agroforestry and agro-meteorology (Ireland/Brazil).