The revised programme has updated and expanded the content to provide essential new coverage of topics critically important to meet current and emerging challenges in land and water management such as intensification of resource use, carbon sequestration in agroecosystems, global warming and climate change. More specifically, the revised programme offers content that addresses current technical, planning, socio-economic and policy aspects of land and water management.

The Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Pathology is one of the oldest postgraduate degree
programmes in the Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection. The programme has
traditionally been offered purely by research and thesis without documented regulations and
syllabus. However, changes in government policies, academia, industry and society require
that the programme be revised to accommodate the new developments. The revised
curriculum has introduced coursework units that aim at imparting soft skills necessary in