Food-Water Nexus Education & Training

粮食-水关系教育和培训（FWNET）CREATE计划将为下一代专家和推动者提供跨学科的基础，以解决全球粮食-水安全问题。该计划将通过三个研究主题重点关注粮食和水的相互关系和相互依赖性：（i）开发精确技术，以观察根区水平的植物-土壤-水相互作用;（ii）营养和农用化学品管理与气候变化;以及（iii）生产决策和粮食-水政策的社会经济学。FWNET学员将沉浸在一个学习之旅，其中包括由共同申请人和合作者讲授的为期10天的多学科食品水介绍课程，两门选修/核心课程，基于FWNET利益相关者/行业合作伙伴描述的实际问题和小组环境的综合顶点项目，以及与利益相关者/行业合作伙伴的可选实习计划。这些核心要素将通过在方案的每一步进行实质性的公平、多样性和包容性培训、专业和沟通技能发展培训以及以不同模式与包括土著社区在内的外部利益攸关方进行互动来增强。迫切需要具有专门知识和了解粮食-水关系不同方面的受训人员。FWNET受训人员将作为该计划的一部分获得证书，他们将成为满足这一需求的开路先锋。

The Food-Water Nexus Education and Training (FWNET) CREATE program will provide an interdisciplinary foundation for the next generation of specialists and enablers to address global food-water security issues. The program will focus on the interrelation and interdependency of food and water through three research themes: (i) the development of precision technologies to observe plant-soil-water interactions at the root-zone level; (ii) nutrient and agrochemical stewardship and climate change; and (iii) the socioeconomics of production decisions and food-water policy. FWNET trainees will be immersed in a learning journey which includes a 10-day multidisciplinary introductory course on food-water taught by co-applicants and collaborators, two elective/core courses, an integrative capstone project based on a practical problem described by an FWNET stakeholder/industry partner and in a group environment, and an optional internship program with a stakeholder/industry partner. These core elements will be augmented with substantial equity, diversity, and inclusion training in every step of the program, professional and communication skills development training, and interaction with external stakeholders including indigenous communities, in diverse modes. There is an urgent need trainees with expertise and understanding of different aspects of the food-water nexus. FWNET trainees, who will earn a certificate as part of the program, will be path-breakers in filling that need.