Overall of the Training Course

Honour Master Degree in Innovations and Policies for Sustainable Food

Language : French

Student Status : Formation initiale ou Formation continue ou Etudiant étranger

Course starts : October

Course duration : Année entière

Hours : 460

ECTS credits : 60

Training aims :

The development of sustainable agricultural and agri-food systems, ensuring the access of people to food in sufficient quantity and quality, the minimization of the ecological impact of commodity chains and the fair remuneration of producers, is a global challenge in the decades to come.

Some stakeholders in these systems, individuals and local authorities (companies, producer organizations, governmental entities, international organizations, civil society...), are trying to renew their strategies and practices. Technical and organizational innovations are appearing: conservation or high-tech agriculture, ecological intensification, eco-design, certification of social or environmental standards, changing governance patterns, relocation of agriculture and agri-food, development of direct-to-consumer sales, contract farming... These changes occur in an economic and social environment rendered more and more complex by the globalization of exchanges, the development of international standards and the strategies of multinational players. The aim of the Honour Master in Innovations and Policies for Sustainable Food (IPAD) is to continuously provide:

Keys to understand complex situation
Up-to-date knowledge in order to act

Admission requirement :

Recruitment based on application followed by an interview This year of specialization is open to: Professionals holding a French or Foreign Diploma of a BSc with 2 years' postgraduate study (Master’s degree, Master’s degree in engineering...) or a BSc with 1 year's postgraduate study, with at least three years of professional experience, in the fields of Life, Human or Social Sciences. Students (initial training) holding a Diploma of a BSc with 2 years' postgraduate study in the same areas. The Honour Master can be tailor-made over 4 years. Professionals willing to deepen their stamina can take modules separately.

Registration conditions :

Deadline for application for the year 2012-2013 will the 17th August 2012

Download and Fill the application form here

For more details please contact us at ipad@supagro.inra.fr

Tuition fee: 10,000€

Scholarship for International Students

Career Prospects :

Potential employers are diverse: - Professional agricultural and agri-food organizations, - Inter-professional organizations, - Local authorities, - Governments entities, - International organizations, - Organisations internationales, - Institutions for cooperation and development aidt, - Agencies for promotion and advice in organic agriculture, fair or solidarity trade, - Consulting and Auditing Agencies, - Organizations involved in the certification of products.

Course structure :

Training is conducted over 12 months, from October to October, with:

7 months of courses divided into

- 18 weeks of common core curriculum
- A strand of specialization for a period of 6 weeks, chosen from the three proposed
areas above

This training period continually allows the comparison between the theoretical contribution of researchers
and the point of view of professionals. Training in the form of courses occupies a reduced number of
hours, leaving room for multiple tutored projects, carried out individually or in groups, as well as many
international meetings.

5 months of professional internship

To apply the skills learned and respond to any request made by a public or private partner
in Worldwide.

Syllabus :

IPAD graduates will come across theoretical courses, seminars, business meetings, real work experiences to be competent to:

Identify, monitor and evaluate the relevant technological and organizational innovations, based on: - Knowledge about innovations and associated controversies,
- Mastery of assessment methods for different types of impacts.
Act at a local or global level, by mobilizing their knowledge on:
- Dynamics of standard and regulatory frameworks, the new regulation in international markets,
- Mechanisms of globalization and the determinants of relocation
- Major stakeholder strategies new sets of public and private partnership…
Develop a capacity for strategic expertise and prospective analysis based on:
- Mastery of prospective and decision support tools,
- Capacity to analyse possible «future scenarios», in a context characterized by growing uncertainty,
- Understanding the multisectoral dimension of the food crisis.

For more details please download the Honour Master IPAD Brochure here

Teaching place :

Montpellier SupAgro - Institute for Higher Education in Tropical Agri-food and Rural Development

Course supervisor(s) :

Stéphane Fournier - stephane.fournier@supagro.inra.fr - 04 67 61 70 15
Anne-Laure Roy - anne-laure.roy@supagro.inra.fr - 04 67 61 70 00

Training partners :

CIRAD

Last update : 08/06/2012

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