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Students in the Food Systems and Governance Postgraduate Diploma programme will analyse systems that govern agriculture and food internationally.

The programme begins by exploring key issues in food studies, conceptualising food systems and contextualising the trade of agri-food commodities. Students will also learn skills and methods of research and policy analysis.

The programme then applies these competencies to an inquiry into international food law and the analysis of institutions and agreements such as the World Trade Organization, World Health Organization, Codex Alimentarius, International Organization for Standards, International Plant Protection Convention and the World Organization for Animal Health.... [-]

Last few days to enroll! The joint UOC-FAO Postgraduate Diploma in Food Security Programme Management is taught by an international team with extensive field experience. With this training, students will understand food security and be better prepared to undertake and support food security work in their communities. This year-long online diploma is made up of two specializations Food Security: Advocacy and Action and Impact Assessment of Food Security Programmes and a final project. This diploma can be considered as half of the UOC's Masters in Food, Culture, and International Food Governance.

Objectives Define food security as a broad concept used to determine people's general well-being. Understand the concept of vulnerability and how it is applied to food security. Appreciate the importance of food security analysis to trigger appropriate action to address food insecurity. Identify in a practical way the main items for the assessment and evaluation of food security programmes. Understand the need for identifying the underlying causes and characteristics of food insecurity. Understand the basic measures to monitor and evaluate targeting activities. Acknowledge food security as a policy issue cutting across different sectors. Competencies ... [-]

It is increasing the need for working dogs in today's society, both in the fields of guide dogs and assistance, as well as detection, security, civil protection, therapy and assisted interactions.

Within this context the qualification of specialist instruction dedicated to assisting people with disabilities, as a support tool and indispensable in daily tasks, as well as in maintaining the good health of its user dogs is necessary.

On 19 November 2009 the Parliament of Catalonia unanimously approved the Law of access to the environment of persons with disability user assistance dogs. This legislation is a step forward regarding the law governing access to the environment of people with visual impairment accompanied by guide dogs, as it not only gives coverage to the users of this type of dogs, but also to all those with hearing impairment, physical, autism or certain diseases that are assisted by other dogs specially trained to guide them, help them in daily tasks or warn them of danger or imminent attacks. The new law guarantees access to places, premises, facilities, accommodation, transport and public or public use for people with disabilities and their service dogs spaces. It also regulates the training and care of such dogs as well as centers responsible for it. ... [-]

There is need for working dogs in today's society, increasingly in areas such as detection, security, civil protection and care. Within this context arises the need for specialist instruction dedicated to work in these various areas dogs.

also notes the need for common basic knowledge in both the physical environment and the behavior of the dogs to be assigned to perform the various tasks in the workplace as well as a broad theoretical and especially practical knowledge of the different techniques training both generic and specific.

Moreover, the professional sector being regulated at the regional and state level.

Considering that this profession is international in scope, knowledge to be taught taken into account this factor making steady prestigious specialists from different countries and different specialties will also participate as teachers references.... [-]

Food security is one of the most interesting and complicated for those people who are interested in the study of food, its characteristics, ie, their appearance, their safety and nutritional value chapters.

When we talk about Food Safety we believe that only refer to the possibility that something can reach food and cause infectious or toxic process type. Instead, it is a broader term, since there are situations food preparation or composition, which may relate to cases or outbreaks of food-borne.

Therefore, it is intended to address the problem of food security from a broad perspective, trying to tackle each chapter from the current situation, trying to figure out their future perspective and trying to provide solutions where possible. Introduced as a new approach to the legal regulations on safety and responsibility in food production, focusing on legal responsibilities; providing practical and preventive guidance on the subject, increasingly important in decision-making. ... [-]

Food security is one of the most interesting and complicated for those people who are interested in the study of food, its characteristics, ie, their appearance, their safety and nutritional value chapters.

Moreover, we need to know in order to guarantee European competitiveness of the food industry and Spanish regulatory framework.

When we talk about food security we can believe that only refer to the possibility that some contaminant or pathogen can reach food and cause an infectious or toxic process. Instead, it is a broader term, since there are situations food preparation or composition, which may relate to cases or outbreaks of food-borne.

GOALS

Manage Spanish and European regulations agrifood regulation. To train students to integrate the knowledge performance. regarding the roles of the European Food Authority and the National Agency for Food Safety. Bring students on procedures for obtaining quality certification and the food safety. See Food Security as a derivation of the constitutional right to health. Entry Requirements Licensed / as, graduates / or graduates as / as with knowledge and experience in the field of food hygiene. Competencies ... [-]

Overview

Bioinformatics is essential for analysis and interpretation of complex and large biological datasets generated by functional studies and high throughput technologies, such as next-generation sequencing. It is used to propose the next sets of experiments and, most importantly, to derive a better understanding of biological processes. Biological data and the databases storing them are increasing at an unparalleled rate. Experimental approaches to study the large data pool for knowledge discovery are time-consuming, costly and often impractical.

Through a combination of bioinformatics and experimental approaches, it is possible to select key experiments and help optimize the experimental design. Computer algorithms are increasingly used to speed-up the process of knowledge discovery by helping to identify critical experiments for testing hypothesis built upon the results of the computational screening.... [-]