Objectives

• To provide students with the tools and knowledge to analyse and understand:

o food systems and their role in society.
o how food and agriculture are regulated nationally and internationally.
o how agencies and institutions regulate agriculture and food nationally and internationally.

• To provide a framework for the exchange of knowledge, experiences, programmes and viewpoints among players, including other universities, researchers, professionals, civil service, private sector and government.

• Understanding of the relationships between economics, environment, society, culture and agri-food policy.

• Understanding of international agriculture and food regulatory agencies and corresponding legal texts.

• Comprehensive understanding of agricultural regulations and standardisation and their local and international implications.

• Comprehensive understanding of international agriculture and food regulatory agencies.