Faculty of Science

Cocoa and Coffee in a Changing Climate
Provider: Faculty of Science

Activity no.: 5380-17-05-31
	Enrollment deadline: 30/10/2017

Date and time

13.11.2017, at: 09:00 - 18.11.2017, at: 17:00

Regular seats

ECTS credits

4.00

Contact person

Anders Ræbild E-mail address: are@ign.ku.dk

Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser

Anders Ræbild E-mail address: are@ign.ku.dk

Written language

English

Teaching language

English

Block note

Duration: 6 days

Course workload

Course workload category	Hours
Preparation / Self-Study	54.00
Course hours	48.00
Evaluation/reporting	2.00

Sum	104.00

Content

Several mitigative and adaptive responses to the changing climate are possible. At the biophysical level, the responses include changed production systems, for example towards agroforestry systems where shade trees buffer the daily and annual climatic fluctuations, and a shift in breeding paradigm from emphasis on intensive full-sun systems to crop varieties optimized for less intensive shade systems.

Responses at the socio-economic level include new livelihood strategies such as diversification of crops and non-farm income generating activities, while responses at the institutional level concern strengthening farmers’ adaptive capacity through agricultural policies that support climate smart farming and fairer distribution of benefits and burdens of ongoing environmental-social change, extension services, facilitation of collective actions, as well as other support mechanisms.

The aim of this course is to provide students with state-of-art knowledge on perennial crops’ and farmers’ responses to climate change and adaptive strategies to combat the effects for these two important crops. The course is multidisciplinary and will comprise sections on:

· Crop physiology and climate change
· Modelling of crop distribution
· Genetics and breeding
· Carbon sequestration in perennial crop systems
· Impacts of climate change on farmers’ livelihood
· Farmers’ strategies in the wake of climate change
· Institutional aspects of resource governance and adaptive capacity

The course will consist of daily lectures, group exercises, discussions of participants’ papers prepared for the course, and analysis and discussion of specific course related issues facilitated by experts online at CIAT, CIRAD, and the University of Helsinki. Given the comprehensive coverage of disciplines and themes in the course, the course caters to PhD students working with climate change and agriculture from a natural science as well a social science perspective. Thus, the participants will acquire an excellent basis to continue their own research of climate change and agriculture.

Learning outcome

The specific learning outcomes of the course:

Knowledge: Basic knowledgeable on responses and adaptations of cocoa, coffee and farmers to climate change.

Skills: Ability to critically evaluate options for adaptation in the cocoa and coffee sectors, with special focus on farmers. Ability to understand and run simple models for crop physiology and distribution.

Competences: Ability to engage in discussions on management of cocoa and coffee systems at high international level.

Before the course starts, all participants must write a short paper on a course related subject based on their PhD projects. Based on inputs from the course lectures and group discussion, and no later than two weeks after the course, a final version of the paper must be handed in as part of the evaluation of their course participation.

Remarks

The course will be organized jointly by IGN and IFRO, and involve lecturers from other SCIENCE departments, Roskilde University and international research institutions with expertise in tropical perennial crops and socio-economic and institutional aspects of farming systems in developing countries.

Teachers from UCPH-SCIENCE:

Anders Ræbild, associate professor, are@ign.ku.dk
Aske Skovmand Bosselmann, assistant professor, ab@ifro.ku.dk

Apart from Anders Ræbild and Aske Skovmand Bosselmann responsible for the course from IGN and IFRO, the list of confirmed lecturers include:

Philippe Vaast, Senior Researcher, CIRAD, Montpellier
Peter Laderach, Senior Researcher, CIAT & CCAFS, Nicaragua
Anja Nygren, Professor, University of Helsinki
Mette Fog Olwig, Associate Professor, Roskilde University.
Andreas de Neergaard, Professor, PLEN - SCIENCE
Mariéve Pouliot, Associate Professor, IFRO - SCIENCE

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