| Course title | |||||
| 国際農業開発論 [International Agricultural Policies] | |||||
| Course category | Requirement | Credit | 2 | ||
| Department | Year | 3～ | Semester | Spring | |
| Course type | Spring | Course code | 01AN3505 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 山田 祐彰, 千年 篤 [YAMADA Masaaki, CHITOSE Atsushi] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Graduate School of Agriculture | Office | 2N-504 | Email address | |
| Course description |
| Objective of this course is to develop the participants' knowledge of, and insights in agricultural development and international rural development cooperation. The first half of the course focuses on the theories of agricultural development in the context of national economic growth. The second half deals with the history, approaches and challenges of global agricultural development and development cooperation. The participants will form groups to study together a relevant topic, and present it in class at the end of the course. |
| Expected Learning |
| Participants will study the role of agriculture in economic development, varied courses of agricultural development and their conditions, and international cooperation for sustainable global agricultural development. |
| Course schedule |
|
4/13 Introduction, co-existence of different types of agriculture 4/20 Agricultural mechanization and rural labor market: Turkey 4/27 Petty-Clark's law 5/11 Dual economy model 1: Lewis model 5/18 Dual economy model 2: Fei-Ranis model of economic growth 5/25 Agricultural development in US & Japan 1: induced technical progress 6/01 Agricultural development in US & Japan 2: B/C and M technologies 6/08 History, approaches and challenges of global agricultural development 6/15 TUAT international rural development initiative 1: Uzbekistan 6/17 TUAT international rural development initiative 2: Vietnam 6/22 Project planning, implementation and evaluation: KJ method, PCM 6/29 Agricultural development in Asia and Africa 7/06 Colonization projects of modern Japan 7/13 Group project presentation 1 (final exam) 7/20 Group project presentation 2 (final exam) *Course contents are subject to change due to circumstances. |
| Prerequisites |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| References |
|
N. Egaitsu (2003) Agricultural Economics 2nd ed., Iwanami Shoten (Japanese) Y. Hara (1996) Development Economics, Iwanami Shoten (Japanese) Y. Hayami & Y. Jinmon (2002) Agricultural Economics new ed., Iwanami Shoten (Japanese) |
| Assessment/Grading |
| Class participation, reports, and a group project for final exam. |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| Agricultural development is one of the most important goals of the global society for sustainable food production, and food distribution among all the people on earth. Let us discuss together conditions and future perspectives of international agricultural development. |
| Course keywords |
| agriculture and economic growth, different types of agriculture, immigrant agriculture, plantation agriculture, international development cooperation, sustainable agriculture |
| Office hours |
| Walk in anytime. |
| Remarks 1 |
| Active participation in the class is required; do not hesitate to ask questions and make comments. |
| Remarks 2 |
| Instructors: 4/13 Yamada, 4/20 Kusadokoro, 4/27-6/01 Chitose, 6/08 Yamada, 6/15 Kawabata, 6/17 & 22 Oikawa, 6/29-7/20 Yamada |
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| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| Last update |
| 3/31/2017 6:40:30 PM |