The programme aims to enable students to gain the specialised knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes necessary to contribute effectively and ethically to strategic decision making, opinion forming and operational management for the development of sustainable agriculture and food supply systems in both developed and developing regions. With specific themes in: human exploitation of the Earth’s resources for food production and the global and local implications of human development; the ecological basis for resource utilisation allied to wider environmental and landscape considerations of food production and supply; the role and function of institutional structures in relation to development, resource exploitation, social, cultural, ethical and inter-generation considerations; the application of development paradigms models and tools to build capacity within communities, institutions and individuals; the advantage of the programme is interdisciplinarity, the issues of sustainability and food security at the local, national, and global levels are studied. It is aimed at a wide range of applicants with a level of English proficiency of at least B2.