2023-2024 / GIRI0004-1

Animal production in the Global South and its health, social and environmental impacts

Duration

44h Th, 4h Pr, 8h Vis.

Number of credits

 Advanced Master in Integrated Management of Health Risks in the Global South (Registrations are closed)3 crédits 

Lecturer

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

1. Nutrients, feeds-foods, feeding
 Feed security, healty feed in animal production (J.L. Hornick)


2. Breeding and society
 Non conventionnal breeding, disregarded zoonosis: contribution to food security (J.L. Hornick)
 Breeding environement - human environement (J.F. Cabaraux).  
 Aquaculture - fish farming et food security (P. Kestemont)
 No reproduction, no production (C. Hanzen)
  Integrated food quality management; Meat and alternatives (A. Clinquart)


 
 
3. Animal production and health risks (zoonotic and non-zoonotic)
Intensification, disintensification of breeding in the world, and health risks  (N. Antoine-Moussiaux, N. Moula)
Domestic biodiversity and health risks (N. Antoine-Moussiaux; N. Moula)
 
4. Seminaries (collegiality)
5. Field visits 

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The course aimes to provide general skills et criticism ability (evidence-based science and questionning on general allegations) when regards to the role and contribution of animal production in tropical countries at the level of food security to a large extent, both in urban and rural areas.
Will be highlighted links between feed and food (conventionnal and unconventionnal), breeding (conventionnal and unconventionnal), animal production, and the 5 transversal paths of the Master (food security, drug resistance, zoonosis, ecosystems and health, and geographic health concerns).
 
More specifics objectives are:
- Provide the sudents with pertinent informations on some keys nutrients for health.
- Give tools (evidence-based) to evaluate allegations linked to nutrition and feeding
- Identify alternative ways to drugs in food chain.
-  Elaborate SWOT analysis associated to new-breedings
- Define strategies allowing to increase or optimise animal protein availability for the South. 
  

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Knowledges stemming Physician or Veterinary studies.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Theoretical courses, practical teaching, tutorials.
Fields visits.
Open-thematic seminaries, according to opportunities or requests, or when visiting of foreign experts.
Deep intercation between teacher and students (box voting, table rounds, restitutions).
Modern pedagogical methods (box voting, video capsules).
  

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Most of teachings will be provided face-to-face. In some cases, distance learning will be organised.

Recommended or required readings

Course notes available on eCampus, as well as other supports. An active and up-to-date literature research will be expected, as a base to debates and restitutions.

Any session :

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions ) AND oral exam

- Remote

written exam ( open-ended questions ) AND oral exam AND written work

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred remote


Additional information:

Oral presentation of a personnal or collaborative work with a matching paper document as evaluative test. 

Work placement(s)

A contextual trainingship is foreseen in the general context of the Master (see Pedagogical Comitment associated). 

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

The teaching is expected to be multi- or interdisciplinary, in agreement with the other Teaching Units, and the Paths of the Master. 

Contacts

Coordination of the course:
jlhornick@ulg.ac.be. +32(0)43664131
 
Co-course teachers:
Christian Hanzen <christian.hanzen@ulg.ac.be>
Scippo Marie-Louise <mlscippo@ulg.ac.be>
Bindelle Jérôme <Jerome.Bindelle@ulg.ac.be>
Caron Yannick <ycaron@ulg.ac.be>
Jean-françois Cabaraux <jfcabaraux@ulg.ac.be>
Patrick Kestemont <patrick.kestemont@unamur.be>
Clinquart Antoine <Antoine.Clinquart@ulg.ac.be>
Nicolas Antoine-Moussiaux <nantoine@ulg.ac.be>
Nassim moula <nassim.moula@ulg.ac.be>

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