Training Structure
CIHEAM IAM Montpellier - Partner Institution
Overview
Climate Change, Agricultural Management, and Territories: This track focuses on the use of territorial resources as well as the forms and functions of agriculture in the face of greater climate uncertainty. It posits that climate variations:
- are a driving force and catalyst for change in regions and their agriculture,
- reinforce the need to move toward high-quality, locally-based, and non-polluting agriculture,
- create new challenges related to public health and regional environmental quality by introducing new problems of pollution and disease. And these challenges require better knowledge to enable rapid responses. >> Learn more
Objectives
- Develop local development strategies.
- Be able to analyze the overall organization and contemporary dynamics of rural areas in France, Europe, and around the world
- Assist local decision-makers in their territorial development projects and in mobilizing their own resources
- Observe and understand the dynamics of rural areas and modes of local governance. Stimulate interest among local stakeholders in local development
- Be able to initiate and lead initiatives to promote local heritage, transforming it into a driver of cultural vitality and economic development.
- Train program managers—at the level of “project territories” or local governments—who are capable of implementing development strategies in accordance with the requirements of their respective territories.
- Analyze the technical and economic operations of agricultural enterprises and conduct diagnostic analyses of agricultural regions in the context of climate change.
- Implement decision-support methods, forecasting, and strategic management in consulting initiatives at the individual and collective levels, as well as in the analysis of regional policies. Conduct surveys and develop optimization models for technical and production decisions at the farm and regional levels. Integrate biophysical and economic models to support decision-making in the management of natural resources and diffuse pollution in agriculture.
- Work in a multidisciplinary team, serving as a bridge between technical and socio-economic aspects. >> Learn more
Program
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Climate Change, Agricultural Management, and Land Use
The goal is to provide training for careers related to the development of new technologies in agriculture and the analysis of policies and regional adaptation projects in the agricultural and rural sectors. Specifically, the program prepares students for careers such as development manager in local governments and chambers of agriculture; project and research manager in international and similar organizations, consulting firms, and international agencies; and software developer in private companies working in fields related to the program’s focus areas. It aims to equip students with a mastery of the new models and tools that shape local public policy and farm management decisions. >> Learn more