Course Overview
As the market for organic products is growing on a worldwide scale, there is a need for experts who can provide knowledge of organic agriculture and the related food systems. Within this program the students have the choice to either do a single degree (staying enrolled the entire period of their studies at the University of Hohenheim) or to obtain a double degree from the University of Hohenheim and one of the following partner universities: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria; Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland; Aarhus University, Denmark. Organic farming is based on a holistic approach and thus the processing and marketing of organically grown food requires special skills and knowledge. Graduates will acquire the knowledge and skills related to all aspects (production, processing, marketing, and certification) of the organic sector organic crop production, organic animal husbandry, organic farming in the tropics, organic food chains and networks, influence of European policy on the development of organic sector, consumer demands, organic market development in different European countries.