Global Food and Nutrition Policy (NUTR-0304)

Fall 2025 · NUTR 0304 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

This course encourages critical, evidence-driven analysis of effective government policy responses to food security and nutrition challenges in low-income countries. Through lecture, discussion, case studies, and secondary data analysis, students will be able to: discuss the range of policy levers that are used to enact national food security policy in developing countries; describe evidence of the effectiveness of these policies and programs in improving food security, poverty, and nutrition in different contexts; analyze key sources of food and socio-economic data to understand and inform policy-relevant decisions; and produce reasoned and critical writing to influence critical policy debates. Prerequisites: Graduate standing, NUTR 0203: Fundamentals of Public Policy and NUTR 0238: Economics of Food Policy Analysis, or instructor consent. Important: Prerequisites may not be taken concurrently with NUTR 0304.

Course codes: NUTR-0304, NUTR 0304, NUTR0304, NUTR-304, NUTR 304, NUTR304

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