Agriculture and Food Security PhD 36 months PHD Programme By The University of Edinburgh |TopUniversities
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Programme Duration

36 monthsProgramme duration

Main Subject Area

Agriculture and ForestryMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Agriculture and Forestry

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

Our research and associated education and engagement are in two broad themes – Food System Transformation and Healthy People, Healthy Planet. We especially focus on the interactions between the two.


Improving the effectiveness and sustainability of agri-food systems is vital to tackling the challenges of:


  • global population growth
  • rapid urbanisation
  • food and environmental security
  • diet and health


These challenges occur in low- and middle-income countries, as well as in more industrialised nations.


Achieving sustainable, healthy diets underpins many of the Sustainable Development Goals – especially those concerned with:


  • hunger
  • poverty
  • health
  • gender equality
  • responsible consumption and production
  • climate action


We welcome applicants whose research interests are aligned to address one or more of these challenges, and who hold the potential to develop and translate scientific advances into policy and practice.


Most of our research is interdisciplinary in its approach, and we collaborate with Schools and groups across the University of Edinburgh, and with a wide range of national and international partners.


Our current specific expertise spans:


  • nutrition and health of humans, livestock, crops and soils
  • environmental and agri-food systems
  • crop and livestock production systems
  • climate smart agriculture
  • agricultural and natural resource economics
  • development
  • data science and mathematical modelling
  • the science-policy interface
  • food and land rights and law


We welcome applicants with interests in these areas. Please also see staff webpages for more details of potential supervisor research interests.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Agriculture and Forestry

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

Our research and associated education and engagement are in two broad themes – Food System Transformation and Healthy People, Healthy Planet. We especially focus on the interactions between the two.


Improving the effectiveness and sustainability of agri-food systems is vital to tackling the challenges of:


  • global population growth
  • rapid urbanisation
  • food and environmental security
  • diet and health


These challenges occur in low- and middle-income countries, as well as in more industrialised nations.


Achieving sustainable, healthy diets underpins many of the Sustainable Development Goals – especially those concerned with:


  • hunger
  • poverty
  • health
  • gender equality
  • responsible consumption and production
  • climate action


We welcome applicants whose research interests are aligned to address one or more of these challenges, and who hold the potential to develop and translate scientific advances into policy and practice.


Most of our research is interdisciplinary in its approach, and we collaborate with Schools and groups across the University of Edinburgh, and with a wide range of national and international partners.


Our current specific expertise spans:


  • nutrition and health of humans, livestock, crops and soils
  • environmental and agri-food systems
  • crop and livestock production systems
  • climate smart agriculture
  • agricultural and natural resource economics
  • development
  • data science and mathematical modelling
  • the science-policy interface
  • food and land rights and law


We welcome applicants with interests in these areas. Please also see staff webpages for more details of potential supervisor research interests.

Admission Requirements

Entry requirements for individual programmes vary, so please check the details for the specific programme you wish to apply for on the University of Edinburgh website. You will also need to meet the University’s language requirements.

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