Comparative Developing Agriculture
Provide broad pictures and basic understanding of agriculture in three main tropical regions.
This course provides an integrated understanding, Because agriculture is composed of many aspects including natural, socio-economic, environments, and politics.
| theme | contents | etc. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PART 1 ASIA Modernization process |
Traditional agriculture and its modernization process | Intensive reading on handouts. |
| 2 | Land Tenure | Social and economic structure viewed from land systems | Intensive reading on handouts. |
| 3 | Agricultural technology | Technological change in developing agriculture | Intensive reading on handouts. |
| 4 | Agricultural institutions | Institutional changes and agricultural development in Asia | Intensive reading on handouts. |
| 5 | PART 2 LATIN AMERICA Agricultural environment. |
Overview of environment for agric. production in L.A. | Intensive reading on handouts. |
| 6 | Agricultural structure. | Discussions of problems on environments in L. A. | Intensive reading on handouts. |
| 7 | Agricultural development. | Lessons from case studies. | Intensive reading on handouts. |
| 8 | Future prospective in L.A. agric. | Sustainable agricultural development in L. A. | Intensive reading on handouts. |
| 9 | PART 3 AFRICA Agricultural environment. |
Overview of environment for agric. production in Africa. | Intensive reading on handouts. |
| 10 | Agricultural structure. | Discussions of problems on environments in Africa. | Intensive reading on handouts. |
| 11 | Agricultural development. | Lessons from case studies, 1) cooperation, 2) training. | Intensive reading on handouts. |
| 12 | Future prospective. | Sustainable agricultural development in Africa. | Intensive reading on handouts. |
| 13 | Reserved | ||
| 14 | Reserved | ||
| 15 | Examination |