Agriculture

Entry requirements

A first degree or MSc in a relevant subject is required.

Months of entry

Anytime

Course content

Research into agricultural systems and practices ranging from the science of plant and animal production to rural policy and decision-making; with a focus on alternative crops, food and nutrition, farmer health, local knowledge and rural development.

Research areas

Agricultural Systems with specialisations in:

• Sustainable Development
• Agricultural Ecology
• Trade-offs between output of land and the needs of local people
• Relationship between systems of food production and ecology of plants and animals
• Farm, forest and environmental valuation
• Accounting and Appraisal
• Physiology and agronomy of temperate and tropical cereals, root crops and oilseeds
• Peri-urban farming systems