Agricultural Fungicides and Clinical Resistance: A One Health View
Explores how agricultural azole use can select for resistance in environmental fungi that later cause human infection.
An overview of what you will study and build.
Agricultural Fungicides and Clinical Resistance: A One Health View examines one of the clearest examples of how agricultural practice can affect human health. Students learn the main fungicide classes and how they are used in crop protection, then see why azole fungicides share molecular targets with the azole drugs used in medicine. The course explains how environmental selection can produce resistant Aspergillus fumigatus, identifies hotspots such as compost and plant waste, reviews methods for monitoring environmental resistance and considers policy and stewardship options across sectors.
Azole-resistant Aspergillus is now reported in many countries, and solutions require agronomists, regulators and health professionals to understand each other. This course suits professionals from agriculture, regulation and public health who want an evidence-based view of the issue. Tutors include plant protection and medical mycology specialists. For the final project, students prepare a cross-sector policy brief proposing practical measures to reduce environmental selection of antifungal resistance in a chosen region or production system.
6 modules, one growing line of knowledge.
Hover or tap a module to follow the path from the first session to the final project. Open a module to see the topics it covers.
- Major fungicide groups
- Modes of action
- Patterns of agricultural use
- CYP51 as a shared target
- Agricultural and medical azoles compared
- Cross-resistance evidence
- How resistance is selected
- Resistant genotypes in the environment
- Spore dispersal to people
- Compost and green waste
- Flower bulb and plant waste studies
- Other environmental hotspots
- Environmental sampling methods
- Resistance screening and confirmation
- Integrating data sources
- Regulatory frameworks for fungicides
- Agricultural stewardship options
- Cross-sector governance
Agricultural Fungicides and Clinical Resistance: A One Health View
By the end you will be able to:
- Describe the main fungicide classes and their agricultural uses.
- Explain why agricultural and medical azoles share resistance risks.
- Identify environmental hotspots for resistance selection.
- Outline methods for monitoring resistance in environmental samples.
- Draft cross-sector policy recommendations on fungicide stewardship.
Where this programme sits in the school.
Where this programme can take you.
Roles and uses that build on what you learn here. Outcomes depend on your experience and local market.
- Agronomist with resistance management expertise
- Regulatory officer for plant protection products
- Public health policy analyst
- Environmental monitoring scientist
- Sustainability adviser for agricultural businesses
Requirements, assessment and certificate.
Admission requirements
No prior mycology knowledge is required; a background in agriculture, regulation or health is helpful.
How you are assessed
Assessment combines participation in live sessions with module exercises on policy and evidence. The final brief is reviewed by the professor.
Final project
A cross-sector policy brief on reducing environmental selection of antifungal resistance in a chosen setting.
Certificate
Course Certificate
On completing the programme and its project, Fungaris issues a Course Certificate. Accreditations are assessed according to the training completed and the local regulations of each country.
How the programme grows, phase by phase.
- Fungicide classes and agricultural use
- Shared targets of agricultural and medical azoles
- Environmental selection of resistance
- Resistance hotspots in compost and plant waste
- Monitoring environmental resistance
- Policy and stewardship across sectors
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Questions about this programme
Do I need experience to study Agricultural Fungicides and Clinical Resistance: A One Health View?
No prior mycology knowledge is required; a background in agriculture, regulation or health is helpful.
How is Agricultural Fungicides and Clinical Resistance: A One Health View taught?
Live online, in 6 modules with a working professional, a small group and a final project.
How am I assessed?
Assessment combines participation in live sessions with module exercises on policy and evidence. The final brief is reviewed by the professor.
What is the final project?
A cross-sector policy brief on reducing environmental selection of antifungal resistance in a chosen setting.
What certificate do I get?
On completing the programme and its project, Fungaris issues a Course Certificate. Accreditations are assessed according to the training completed and the local regulations of each country.
What can I study after Agricultural Fungicides and Clinical Resistance: A One Health View?
The natural next step is Diploma in Medical Mycology Foundations.
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