Establishment of an undergraduate B.Sc. Course in Food Safety and Quality mgmt.

Myanmar is at an early stage of introducing measures to strengthen food and agricultural policy. There is a need to improve coordination regarding the setting of safety and quality standards and the enforcement of food regulations.

Factsheet

Schools involved School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences
Institute(s) HAFL Institut Hugo P. Cecchini
Agriculture
Research unit(s) International Agriculture and Rural Development
Funding organisation Others
Duration (planned) 01.12.2018 - 31.12.2022
Head of project Johannes Brunner
Project staff Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Eugster
Bastian Mengel
Johannes Brunner
Prof. Dr. Roland Stähli
Prof. Dr. Urs Christoph Scheidegger
Partner Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Keywords Food safety, quality management, curriculum development, capacity building

Situation

The objective of the project is to jointly develop and implement a BSc course in Food Safety and Quality Managament at Yezin Agricultural University (YAU).

Course of action

HAFL experts in food science and educational science will support YAU in analyzing the present situation, doing a needs assessment and developing a competence-based curriculum. Jointly, a comprehensive set of overarching competences will be defined and respective modules will be designed. Implementation of the new curriculum will be planned jointly. Teaching will be selectively accompanied and a follow-up will assess performance of the new course.