| Course title | |||||
| 現代農業論 [Modern Agricultuare] | |||||
| Course category | Requirement | Credit | 2 | ||
| Department | Year | 3～ | Semester | 3rd | |
| Course type | 3rd | Course code | 01ag3001 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 観山 恵理子, 野見山 敏雄, 中川 一郎 [MIYAMA Eriko, NOMIYAMA Toshio] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Faculty of Agriculture | Office | afjgxte/L1151 | Email address | |
| Course description |
| We discuss the modern domestic and foreign agricultural situation under the WTO (World Trade Organization) system, Japanese agriculture problem and its structural conversion. Specifically world agriculture and food circumstances; food, agriculture, and village policy; the development process of the postwar agricultural administration; the cooperative movement. Additionally we discuss the modern agriculture with a point of view of food system, reveal a possibility and conditions of Japanese agriculture regeneration at 21th century. |
| Expected Learning |
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The goal of this course is to understand the basic knowledge and concept about agricultural and food policy, cooperative, food system. This course is one of the specialized courses common to all schools, and students who are oriented toward social science analysis based on the characteristics of food, agriculture and rural areas are welcome to take it. Corresponding criteria in the Diploma policy: See the curriculum maps. https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/ |
| Course schedule |
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Toshio NOMIYAMA teaches the following lecture… 1. Guidance, development of cooperatives in Japan. 2. Types of cooperative and cooperative principles Students learn how to born cooperative in developing capitalism and globalism, cooperative principles. ３. Activities and business of agricultural cooperative Students learn the history, development, business, operation, reorganization and problem of Japanese domestic and foreign agricultural cooperatives. ４. Activities and business of consumer cooperative Students learn the history, development, present condition and problem of Japanese domestic and foreign consumer cooperatives. ５. Cooperation among cooperatives and the future of cooperative. Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishers teaches the following lecture 6 General Theory of Agricultural Structure 7 Distribution Trend of Agriculture 8 Trends in Agricultural Land Policy 9 Agro-environment and smart agriculture 10 "Green Food System Strategy" (enacted in May 2021) Eriko MIYAMA teaches the following lecture… 11．History of agricultural trade liberalization Students learn the basic structure and history of agricultural trade liberalization focusing on Japanese agricultural policy since GATT. 12．Japanese "sacred" agricultural categories at trade negotiations Students learn how Japanese "sacred" agricultural categories at trade negotiations are formed and its production structures in Japan. 13．Influence of the trade liberalization on Japanese agriculture Students learn how the result of trade negotiations influenced Japanese agriculture. 14. Differenciation of agricultural products-One Village One Product movement and "sixth industry" as examples - Students learn the creation added value at rural region with examples. 15．View of exporting Japanese agricultural products Students learn the exporting Japanese agricultural products with concrete examples. |
| Prerequisites |
| Teachers will indicate. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| Teachers will indicate. |
| References |
| Teachers will indicate. |
| Assessment/Grading |
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Three teachers will give their own written homework assignment in last each lecture. Students might submit the assignments in a week. Teachers mark the assignments on the basis of 100 points, so the full number of points is 300points. Grades will be given with the full number of points divided by 3. |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| Please treat your independent study attitude. |
| Course keywords |
| Globalization; Cooperative; Food security; Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas Basic Act; Administration of direct payment of income support; Food safety; Food system |
| Office hours |
| Please inquire teachers. |
| Remarks 1 |
| Remarks 2 |
| Please check the syllabus change due to the spread of new corona virus infection in the classroom of this course. |
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| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| Last update |
| 9/26/2021 2:29:46 PM |