In this course, students research into agricultural systems and practices ranging from the science of plant and animal production to rural policy and decision-making; with a focus on alternative crops, food and nutrition, farmer health, local knowledge and rural development. The research area includes: Sustainable Development; Agricultural Ecology; Trade-offs between output of land and the needs of local people; Relationship between systems of food production and ecology of plants and animals; Farm, forest and environmental valuation; Accounting and Appraisal; Physiology and agronomy of temperate and tropical cereals, root crops and oilseeds; Peri-urban farming systems.