World Food Issues Syllabus Title: World Food Issues: Past and Present Semester: Summer 09 Course: –Agron. 342, FSHN 342, Env. S. 342 –Tech. Soc.Ch. 342, Univ. Stud. Time: –Section 1: May 18-June 12 –Section XW: May 18- August 7 (self-paced) Classroom: –Section 1: Agronomy 2026 –Section XW: online Instructor: Clark Ford –2567 Food Sci, , Teaching Assistant: Erica Fuchs Course Website: – Required text: –The World Food Problem: Tackling the Causes of Undernutrition in the Third World –by H.D. Leathers and P. Foster, 3rd Edition, amazon.com/images/I/61K8P55R8XL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

Course Website Google: World Food Issues World Food Issues: Past and Present FSHN 342, AG 342, Univ Stud 342, TSC 342 EnvS 342 Summer 2009 Instructor: Clark Ford

Course Description We will examine world food issues from the perspectives of: –The way things are in the present –How things got this way –Policies and solutions for the future

Course Description 1: The way things are in the present World Hunger in developing nations Interrelated global, economic, political and social issues: –Poverty and inequity –food production, –biotechnology, –ecological destruction, –population growth, –policy, and aid. Ethical issues concerning these topics will be discussed. World Hunger Map img/map_world.jpg

Course Description 2: How things got this way The agricultural revolution Hierarchical agricultural societies Food production and geography Invention and technology Winners and losers in 10,000 years of –Conquest and population growth –Interaction of religion, government, and economic systems Unequal treatment of women The industrial revolution Colonialism and imperialism Global economic domination –by wealthy over developing nations Slave Trade

Course Description 3: Policies and Solutions for the future Policies: –Health –Economics –Demographics –Aid –Consumer Subsidies –Farming subsidies –Land Distribution –Agricultural research –Development Aid Organizations What can we do ? 07/17/norman_borlaug.jpg

Grading % Quizzes, 20 pts each –140 pts Nutrition Case Study –20 pts News Report –20 pts Student Presentation –20 pts Bihari Farmer Computer Simulation –20 pts Movie Report –20 pts Origins of Hunger in the Developing World Case Study –20 pts Aid Organization Report –20 pts Extra Credit Paper –20 pts Movie Report Gallery%201/blood_diamond_ver3.jpg

Exam Format Sample Question: –I s it morally acceptable that 25% of the world’s population controls 75% of its resources? Use ethical theories and principles to defend your argument. Quizzes: –10 short answer questions –2 points each –You have 30 minutes Quizzes based primarily, but not solely, on study guide questions Must use ethical theories and principles when asked for!

Written Reports There are 6 written reports –Nutrition Case Study –News Report –Bihari Farmer Report –Movie Report –Origins of Poverty Report –Aid Organization Report At least 2 pages of text, typed At least 2 references from peer reviewed journals –Must be cited in text –Reference must give authors, date, Journal, volume, pages Engaged discussion of ethical, environmental, social, economic, historical (etc.) implications. Must develop ethical arguments and name ethical theories and principles used!

Student Presentations Topics will be assigned –Based on preferences In-class students: –Group Presentations Powerpoint slides Online students: –Individual presentations Powerpoint slides Audio recording

Extra Credit Paper – 20 points –Relevant subject –5 page report –At least two references from peer reviewed journal articles –Must relate topic to hunger/malnutrition –Must include a discussion of nutritional, environmental, social, political, historical implications, etc. –Must include a discussion of ethics, using ethical theory and developing ethical arguments Norman Borlaug

Section 1 Topics: –World Hunger –Famines –Malnutrition Reading: – WFP Ch 1-3; – Food Insecurity in the World 2005 – World Hunger 12 Myths – News Stories Videos Quiz 1 Malnutrition: Kwashiorkor _nurse_standing_with_a_group_of_african_children_showing_symptoms_of_the_protein -deficiency_disease_kwashiorkor.jpg

Section 2 Topics: –Hunger Ethics –Economics –Population Reading : –WFP Ch 4-12; –World Hunger a Moral Response –News Stories Videos Nutrition Case Study Due Quiz 2 World Population Growth

Section 3 Topics: –Environment –Agriculture –Biotechnology Reading: –WFP –Advances in Plant Biotechnology in Developing Countries –News Stories Videos News Report due Quiz 3

Student Presentations Topics will be assigned –Based on preferences 5 minutes/person –Powerpoint presentation –Also audio for online students Topics: –Nutrition –Agriculture –Population –Sanitation –Development –Environment –Politics –Health –Poverty –etc

Section 4 Topics: –Agricultural Revolution –Agricultural Societies –Ancient History Reading: –The worst mistake in the history of the human race –News Stories Videos Bihari Farmer Report due Quiz 4 and-servants-bringing-offerings-Tomb-of-Onsou-Egyptian-Art jpg Agriculture in Ancient Egypt

Section 5 Topics: –Age of Discovery –Industrial Revolution –Women in Ag societies –Religion in Ag societies –Markets and Capitalism Reading: –News Stories Videos Movie Report due Quiz 5 Industrial Revolution

Section 6 Topics: –Global Policies: Health Incomes Globalization Demographics Reading: –WFP –News Stories Videos Origins of Poverty Report due Quiz 6 Clothing Factory, India

Section 7 Topics: –Global Policies: Agriculture Development –Aid Organizations Reading –WFP –Food Sovereignty –The End of Poverty Videos Aid Organization Report Quiz 7 World Health Organization immunizations

How to get an A Attend class –Online students: watch lectures Study lecture notes Do required reading Watch videos Fill out study guides Put effort into your reports and presentation Work at it every day –Online students: try to do one section per week Engage in the subject!

How to not get an A Getting behind –No time to study, write Not preparing for quizzes –You will do poorly No ethics arguments –Or asking “is it ethical for…?” (I will say “you tell me!”) Plagiarism –Cutting and pasting Minimal answers –Or rote memory answers Minimal discussions –Must engage in the subject! Minimal bibliographies Hung-over student