75192 - Agricultural and Rural Development Policies

Learning outcomes

The course will review the political landscape of food and farming and rural development in developed and developing countries.

This course is designed to enable students to gain an understanding of major issues in international agricultural development. The course provides an overview of the role of agriculture in the economic development. Moreover the course provides students an understanding of the main problems that exist, when specific policies are implemented to support the agricultural and rural system.

Course contents

1. Agriculture in the Development Process

1.1 The Role of Agriculture in the Development Process

1.2 The Lewis model

1.3 Rostow Stages of Growth Development Model

1.4 Johnston and Mellor the role of agriculture in economic development

1.5 Schultz The technological change

1.6 The Green Revolution

1.7 The agricolture and society model (Di Cocco Model)

 

2. Food Security and food insecurity

2.1 Food safety in the European Union

2.2 Food (In)security in developing countries

2.3 Hunger statistics and food security indicators.

2.4 Vulnerability and resilience

2.5 Food Sovereignty

 

3. Tools for agricultural policy

3.1 Reasons for public interventions in agriculture

3.2 Agricultural policy tools for the markets control

3.3 The stabilization measures of prices and agricultural income

3.4 Stock control and stock management

3.5 Adjustment of production

3.6 Indirect instruments

 

4 Agricultural policy in the European Union

4.1 Motivation of the public interventions for agricultural markets control

4.2 Objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy

4.2.1 CAP tools: the common market organization

4.3  Motivations for the European agricultural reforms: MacSharry, Agenda 2000, Fischler, post 2013

4.4 The evolution of market regulation instruments

 

5. Rural development policy: EU case

5.1 Definitions and concepts

5.2 The role of agriculture in rural development

5.3 The principles of rural development

5.4 Rural development in the CAP , from Agenda 2000 to Fischler reform

5.4.1 The principles of rural development and intervention measures

5.4.2 Rural development and multifunctionality

5.4.3 The LEADER program

5.5 Rural development after 2013

 

6. Governance tools for sustainable development of rural areas

6.1 Rural Development for international organizations

6.2 The new rural paradigm of the OECD

6.3 The environmental dimension of rural development

6.3.1 Analysis tools of the rural development policies (indicators and resources)

6.3.2 The territorial capital: definition and application

 

7. Food Losses and waste

7.1 Definitions of food losses and wast

7.2 Data on food losses and waste (phenomenon dimensions)

7.3 Conditions that explain losses and food waste

7.3.1 Microeconomic conditions (and empirical evidence)

7.3.2 Macroeconomic conditions (and empirical evidence)

7.3.3 Non-Economic conditions (and empirical evidence)

7.4 Policies and tools that prevent and reduce food losses and waste

Readings/Bibliography

During the course, the teacher will make available to students, on the portal ALMACAMPUS, specific teaching material.
Articles, reports and other texts will be recommended during the course by the teacher

Assessment methods

The exam will take place in two ways. The first involves the preparation of group work that will be carried out during the course. The second is through an oral examination. In particular, the test questions orally, concerning the topics developed in the seven teaching units.

Office hours

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