DESCRIPTION & OBJECTIVES

This is three credit hours course and designed to understand the scope and importance of sustainable agricultural and rural development, discuss about sustainable agricultural issues and development process and sustainable agricultural development with reference to rural development.

Objectives

At the completion of this course, the students will be able to:

  1. Learn about sustainable development
  2. Learn about sustainable agricultural issues and development
  3. Learn about sustainable agricultural development with reference to rural development

INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students will be able to understand the scope and importance of sustainable agricultural and rural development. They will be able to discuss about sustainable agricultural issues and development process. This course will provide a complete understanding of sustainable agricultural development with reference to rural development. Students will be able tounderstand the scope and importance of sustainable agricultural and rural development and analyze issues in development process.

READINGS

  1. Scoones, I. 1998. Sustainable rural livelihoods: a framework for analysis. Institute of Development Studies, Indiana University.
  2. Ponniah, A., R. Puskur, S. Workneh and D. Hoekstra. 2008. Concepts and practices in agricultural extension in developing countries: A source book. IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute), Washington, DC, USA, and ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute), Nairobi, Kenya.
  3. Thomas, Alan 2000. Meanings and Views of Development,’ in Poverty and Development into the 21st Century, Tim Allen and Alan Thomas (eds.), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  4. McAreavey, R. 2009. Rural Development Theory and Practice. Taylor and Francis Publishers.

Week

Topics and readings

1

Various definitions of development

2

Various concepts of development

3

Various definitions and concepts of development process

4

Various definitions of community organization

 

Various concepts of community organization

6

Defining rural development

7

Rural development and its rational

8

Rural development process and its elements

9

Mid Exams

10

Sustainable agriculture and rural development

11

Concepts and definitions of sustainability and sustainable livelihoods

12

Linkage of sustainable livelihoods with rural poverty

13

Linkage of sustainable livelihoods with rural development

14

Sustainable livelihood framework

15

Global change and sustainable development

16

Natural resource management

17

Rural society and sustainable development

18

Final Exams

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Sessional marks:     08

Mid exam marks:    12

Final exam marks:  20

Practical:                 20

Course Material