Agriculture and Rural Development

 

  1. Course Title: RD 107- AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
  2. Course Aim

Course aim at providing students with critical overview of the agriculture sector in Tanzania and how the sector link with rural development economy  

  • Course Expected Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

  • interpret basic principles of rural development
  • describe major and minor strands in debates on agriculture and development
  • apply knowledge gained for critical analysis of agricultural development initiatives in Tanzania and other Sub-Saharan African
  • evaluate institutional and political facts related to the evolution of agricultural policies

iv.                Course Status:

Core

  

v.                  Credit Rating:

9 Credits

  

vi.                Total hours spent:   90

hours

Lectures

45 hours
 

Seminars

20 hours
 

Assignments

10 hours
 

Independent Study

15hours
 

Practical

00 hours

           Prerequisites: None

    
     
  • Course Contents

Concept and context of agricultural development and rural development; Introduction to agriculture and rural development; agriculture in the context of sustainable rural development; approaches to rural development (emphasis on strengths; weaknesses and their comparison); rural institutions and rural development; Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) and rural development; Tanzania rural development strategies 2001; macro-economic linkages and agriculture; environmental degradation; Climate change and agriculture; review of local and regional agricultural policies; review of agriculture programs and strategies; institutional arrangement and agricultural development; gender and agriculture; women in agriculture; linkages between industrial development and agriculture development; effect of globalization and other emerging issues on agriculture development.

  • Teaching and Learning activities

Teaching will involve lectures, group assignments and seminar presentations, individual assignments to capture self- reading. Use of case studies in teaching for some practical aspects will be employed.

The assessments will be through continuous assessments were written timed tests, quizzes, seminar presentation and submission of individual assignment papers will be used. The assessment will also include final University written examination

  1. Reading List:

-Devèze, Jean-Claude (2011). Challenges for African Agriculture. Washington, DC: Agence Française de Développement and the World Bank. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org /handle/10986/12478 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO. URI.http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12478

-URT (2001). Rural Development Strategy for Tanzania. Prime minister’s Office. 88pp

-Clayton, E., (1983). Agriculture, Poverty and Freedom in Developing Countries. Macmillan Education Ltd., London. pp. 277.

-Alexandratos, N. (Ed.) (1997). World Agriculture: Towards 2010: An FAO Study. FAO and John Wiley & Sons: Chichester, 488 pp.

-UN (2004). An Integrated Approach to Rural Development Dialogues at the Economic and Social Council.

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