Module: Rural Development Policies and Institutions (6 credits) (4901-430)

Persons:

• Prof. Dr. Manfred Zeller (verantwortlich)

Degree Program:

• Agricultural Sciences - Agricultural Economics (Master, since 01.10.2014)
  2. Semester, elective
• Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics and Subtropics (until WS 2018/19) (Master, since 01.10.2014)
  2. Semester, elective
• Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics and Subtropics (from WS 2019/20 on) (Master, since 01.10.2019)
  2. Semester, elective

Relation to other Modules:

Builds on module M5101 "Poverty and Development Strategies" and focuses on the role of institutions in rural development policy. Students learn to conduct literature search and to write and present a scientific paper.

Prerequisites for Attendance:

none

Sprache:

English

ECTS:

6 credits

Frequency:

every summer semester

Length of the Module:

1 semester

Module examination:

written

Workload:

56 h presence + 104 h preparation at home + exam = 160 h workload

Professional competences:

Institutional economics, in particular with respect to following themes in rural development policy:
1) Land markets, land use rights
2) Agricultural credit, microfinance
3) Vertical integration of smallholder farmers in value chains and access to inputs (e.g cooperatives, contract farming)

Key competences:

Literature search and review/synthesis in a scientific paper

After the lectures, students learn to deepen their knowledge by studying on their own related scientific articles, and write a seminar paper and present their findings in class.

Comments:

Please register online via ILIAS. We only accept a maximum of 20 students.
This module is offerend unblocked with 6 credits only until summer 2015. Will be offered with 7.5 credits and blocked in block 3 in summer 2016.

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