In cooporation with GIZ we are offering the MOOC "Powering Agriculture" which deals with sustainable energy for the food production. The course starts in April 2017.
Content
Chapter A
- The Energy-Agriculture Challenge
- Climate Change
- Energy Input in Agricultural Value Chains
Chapter B1
- Renewable Energy and Agricultural Value Chains
- Introduction to Energy Resources and Technologies
- Solar Energy in Agriculture
Chapter B2
- Brief Overview on Bioenergy Resource and Technologies
- Introduction to Biogas
- Use of Biogas Technologies in Agricultural Value Chains
- Biogas Utilization Options
Chapter B3
- Energy Efficiency
- Energy Auditing
- Energy Efficiency in Agricultural Value Chains
- Environmental Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainabilitiy
Chapter C1
- Policies and Politics of Renewable Energy
- Circular Economy and Scarcity of Resources
- Regulation of Energy Use
- Economic and Social Impacts of the Energy Production and Use
- Markets for Projeccts at the Interface of Agriculture and Energy
- Financing for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Solutions in the Agricultural Sector
Chapter C2
- Energy and Agriculture on Micro Level
- Scale of Agri-Food Enterprises
- Techno-Economic Analysis of Energy Projects in Agricultural Value Chains
Chapter C3
- Business Models
- Clean Energy Projects in the Agricultural Sector