Cairo University
Faculty of Agriculture
Food Processing
Contemporary International Issues (FPT 217)
European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS)
(Second Term) Module 3
Feb.- March 2023
Course Description:
This course examines the global challenges affecting food production, focusing on current issues (Food Security) that illustrate these challenges. Students will investigate a range of topics including water, energy, and environmental aspects, regional disparities in the ability to meet basic human needs, and protection of the natural environment in an attempt to help students to appreciate the natural resources, to provide them with some historical perspective on the present status of the planetary environment; to give students opportunities to analyze specific environmental quality issues and to familiarize them with the ideas and practices of managing resources and environments according to the principles of sustainable development.
Grading
Exam (March 8) ...................….........................................… 20%
Oral Exam (March 15) ........................................................... 10%
Term paper (Due March 11, 2023) …...............…..............…. 20% (How to write a review article pdf)
Final Exam …………....................................................…….. 50%
Course Notes in pdf
INTRODUCTION (presentation in pdf)
1. Plate tectonics and Earthquakes
1.1 Plate tectonics (presentation in pdf)
1.2 Earthquakes (presentation in pdf)
2. Climate Change (variation):
2.1 Int. Natural Causes (presentation in pdf)
2.2 Human causes, Greenhouse effect, and Sea-level rise (presentation in pdf)
3. Water Issues:
3.1 Global water balance and Water scarcity (presentation in pdf)
4. Africa, Transboundary issue in the Nile Basin: (presentation in pdf)
4.1 Water challenges in Ethiopia
4.2 Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and water treaties
5. REVIEW (presentation in pdf) (Video)
Last updated March 31, 2023