Summer 2025
Food Security, Nutrition and Sustainable Development
Dates: June 09, 2025 - July 07, 2025Day/Time: Monday; Tuesday; Wednesday 8:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
Level: 200-Level
Certificate: Food Studies, Human Rights
Instructor: Mairambek Nurgaziev, American University of Central Asia
This course examines food security and nutrition in the perspective of sustainable development and social stability, taking into account the role of financial markets, agri-business industries and international food, land, and commodity trading, while connecting these factors to broader global challenges such as food sovereignty, public health, economic growth, population dynamics, natural resource management, protecting ecosystems, climate change, complex emergencies, and forced migration, etc.
Credits: 3 US / 6 ECTS