Training opportunities
Eager to learn more about Agriculture & Food Systems? The institutions listed below provide a diverse range of training opportunities, both in e-learning and on-site fromats. Various topics, regions and languages are covered.
Current E-learning opportunity
Consumer organizations and the right to adequate food
Duration: 1 hour
Format: online, self-paced
Created by: FAO
The course explains human rights concepts and provides tools for consumer organizations as key stakeholders, to support their communication, campaigns, advocacy and policy dialogue and to help bring awareness of human rights closer to consumers. (text from FAO course description)
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Training providers - Agriculture and Food security
- FAO E-learning Academy
Trainings: Food and nutrition security, social and economic development, sustainable management of natural resources
Format: E-learning
Languages: English, French, Spanish
Example: Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems - Wageningen UR
Trainings: Food and food production, Living environment and Health, lifestyle and livelihood
Format: E-learning + on site (Netherlands)
Languages: English + Dutch
Example: Market Access for Food and Nutrition Security - Montpellier SupAgro
Trainings: Agroecology, agronomy, rural development, education, animal husbandry, markets, nutrition, natural resources
Format: On site (France)
Languages: French
Example: Insertion des agricultures dans les marchés - CIRAD
Trainings: Animal health, natural resource management, methodologies
Format: E-learning
Languages: French, English
Example: Peste des Petits Ruminants - ICRA
Trainings: Making Education / Innovation / Research / Agribusiness Work
Format: On site (Netherlands, Nigeria, Kenya)
Languages: English (+ French)
Example: Making agribusiness work - Center for Sustainable Development
Trainings: Soil, water & agriculture, nutrition, climate change adaptation, project design
Format: E-learning
Languages: English, Spanish
Example: Climate Change Adaptation
Training providers - other topics
- Project Cycle Management interactive – PCMi [version française]
Interactive PCM platform of SDC with different options for self-study, subjects covered:
SDC and Results based Management, Planning for results, Measurement of results, Monitoring and steering for results, Evaluation of results, Economic and financial analysis of projects - The World Bank – Open Learning Campus
In order to have access to the courses you need to establish an account - please follow the instructions on the world bank website to create an account.
Trainings: All subjects in the development context
Format: E-learning
Languages: English
Example: Agriculture Innovation Systems - GIZ - Academy for Inter-national Cooperation
Trainings: Sustainable resource management, development policy, personal skills development
Format: on site (Germany) + E-learning
Languages: German, English
Example: Coordinating and managing projects - UNITAR
Trainings:Agenda 2030, Environmental Sustainability, Economic Development, Other
Format:E-learning + on site (worldwide)
Languages:UN-Languages, other
Example: Integrated policies and policy coherence for SDGs - BEAM Exchange
Trainings: Market system development
Format: E-learning
Languages: English
Example: How the private sector is adapting to Covid-19: country-level analysis from the WB - SDG Academy
Trainings: Sustainable development, SDGs
Format: E-learning
Languages: English
Example: Climate Change: The Science and Global Impact - UN CC:e-Learn
Trainings: Climate Change
Format: E-learning
Languages: English
Example: Advancing on REDD+ - NADEL - Center for Development and Cooperation
Trainings: Policies and methods to foster development and poverty reduction
Format: On site (Switzerland)
Languages: German or English
Example: The Basics of Development and Cooperation – Theory and Practice
Your suggestions
Do you know of other interesting training opportunities?
Send them to: felix.hintermann@bfh.ch