| Course title | |||||
| 農業資源経済学特論 [Advanced Agricacultual and Resource Economics] | |||||
| Course category | Requirement | Credit | 2 | ||
| Department | Year | 1～2 | Semester | Fall | |
| Course type | Fall | Course code | 05MS5230 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 千年 篤, 草処 基 [CHITOSE Atsushi, KUSADOKORO Motoi] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Faculty of Agriculture | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
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【Purpose】 The purpose of this course is to understand the role of agriculture in development, foundations of agricultural growth, non-farm activities and income diversification in rural areas, agricultural policy and food securing through reading the literature for agricultural and development. Special attention should be given to poverty reduction and food security in the setting of developing economies. 【Outline】 The material to be used in class is: The World Bank (2007), World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development. A student is required to prepare 5-8 questions based on the contents assigned to her/him and to summarize what she/he cannot understand and what she/he would like to discuss in class related to the contents assigned. A student in charge of the class will prepare materials containing questions and comments and distribute them to all participants including a lecturer. In class, a student in charge of the class takes a lead by asking questions to other participants as well as by motivating students to participate in discussions based on the materials distributed. A lecture may make a comment when needed. 【Term-paper + Presentation】 A student should choose a region she/he is interested in, then investigate the feature of agriculture of such a region, with emphasis on agricultural resource endowment and its present use situations. A student should submit the paper that summarizes your investigation in the form of 8-10 pages (double spaced, Times New Roman 11pts) including tables and figures. In addition, a student is required to make an oral-presentation about your paper using the power point slides for 15-20 minutes in class. |
| Expected Learning |
| To deepen the understanding of various issues that agriculture and farmers are currently faced with, and to gain skills and tools useful to analyze various agriculture and food security issues. |
| Course schedule |
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The material to be used in class is: Jean-Jaques Dethier & Alexandra Effenberger（D+E）, “Agriculture and Development: A Brief Review of the Literature, “Policy Research Working Paper 5553, World Bank 2011. A student is required to prepare 6-8 questions based on the contents assigned to her/him and to summarize what she/he cannot understand and what she/he would like to discuss in class related to the contents assigned. A student in charge of the class will prepare materials containing questions and comments and distribute them to all participants including a lecturer. In class, a student in charge of the class takes a lead by asking questions to other participants as well as by motivating students to participate in discussions based on the materials distributed. A lecturer may make a comment when needed. 【Term-paper + Presentation】A student should choose a region she/he is interested in, then investigate and discuss the features of the agriculture in such a region: present situations, challenges and prospects. Discussion should be evidence-based with economic interpretations. Avoid to report the features only based on the qualitative descriptions. A student should submit the paper that summarizes your investigation and discussion in the form of 8-10 pages (double spaced, Times New Roman 11pts) including tables and figures. In addition, a student is required to make an oral-presentation about your paper using the power point slides for 15-20 minutes in class. The schedule is given below. #1 Oct. 5 Guidance, （D+F）Introduction: pp.2-5 #2 Oct. 12 The Role of Agriculture in Development：pp.6-11 #3 Oct. 19 Agriculture and the Urban Bias 〜: pp.11-15 #4 Oct. 26 Agricultural R&D and Appropriate Technologies 〜: pp.15-19 #5 Nov. 2 Environmental Changes: pp.19-23 #6 Nov. 9 Farm Size and Land Tenure: pp.23-26 #7 Nov. 16 The Rural Non-Farm Sector and Development: pp.27-30 #8 Nov. 23 Changing Approaches to Rural Development: pp.30-34 #9 Nov. 30 Agriculture Policy and Food Security: pp.35-38 #10 Dec. 7 Food Security, the Recent Food Price Crisis and Its Consequences: pp.38-41 #11 Dec. 14 Price Transmission and Stabilization Policies〜: pp.41-46 #12 Dec. 21 Option T.B.A #13 Jan. 11 Summary, Discussion #14 Jan. 25 Student Presentation #15 Feb. 1 〃 The schedule above may change due to the proceeding speed of the class. |
| Prerequisites |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
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Jean-Jaques Dethier and Alexandra Effenberger（D+E）, “Agriculture and Development: A Brief Review of the Literature, “Policy Research Working Paper, 5553, World Bank 2011. |
| References |
| World Bank, World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2007. |
| Assessment/Grading |
| Performance of literature review (30%), Participation (20%), Term-paper + presentation (50%) |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| Course keywords |
| Keyword Agriculture in development, Foundations of agricultural growth, Resources, Technology, Markets, Non-farm Sector, Income diversification, Agricultural policy, Food security |
| Office hours |
| Right after class |
| Remarks 1 |
| Remarks 2 |
| Related URL |
| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| English |
| Last update |
| 10/4/2018 4:41:17 PM |