Agriculture - Food, Economics - Management

Climate Change, Agricultural Management and Territories

  • Training structure

    CIHEAM IAM Montpellier - Partner establishment

Presentation

The aim is to train for careers in the development of new technologies linked to agriculture and the analysis of territorial adaptation policies and projects in the agricultural and rural sector. In concrete terms, the course opens the door to careers such as development manager in local authorities and chambers of agriculture, project and research manager in international and similar organizations, in consultancy firms and international organizations, software designer in private companies linked to the course themes. The aim is to enable students to master the new models and tools structuring territorial public action and farm management decisions. >> More

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Objectives

The course provides :

- knowledge: through analysis of the technical and economic functioning of the farm and diagnostic analysis of an agricultural territory in the context of climate change.
- know-how: implementation of decision-making methods, forecasting analysis and strategic management in advisory approaches at individual and collective level. Conducting surveys, building maps, landscape and spatial analysis, statistical data analysis, territorial policy analysis. Development of optimization models for production choices at farm and regional level. Coupling biophysical and economic models for decision support in the management of natural resources and diffuse pollution in agriculture.
- interpersonal skills: working in a multidisciplinary team, interfacing technical and socio-economic aspects. >> Find out more

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