Teacher
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BRANCA Giacomo
(syllabus)
I) The theory of Rural Development 1. Definition of rural development 2. The role of agriculture in rural development 3. Rurality and poverty 4. Approaches and strategies for rural development 5. Food security and livelihood framework
II) Themes 1. Migrations, labor fluxes and rural development 2. Food production, population growth and the ‘green revolution’ 3. Micro-finance in rural areas, land access and ‘land grabbing’ 4. Regional themes: rural development in Sub-Saharan Africa 5. Rural Development in EU
III) Practical applications 1. Logframe and project design 2. Analysis of practical case-studies of rural development projects
(reference books)
Reference material (mandatory) • Anriquez, G., Stamoulis, K. Rural Development and Poverty Reduction: Is Agriculture Still the Key? ESA Working Paper No. 07-02. June 2007 www.fao.org/es/esa • Green G.P. (ed). 2013. Handbook of Rural Development. Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar. 358 + xix. ISBN: 978-1-78100-670-2. Chapters: 1 (pp. 3-18), 6 (pp. 92-105); 11 (pp. 197-205); 13 (pp. 247-251); 14 (pp 270-289) • Paarlberg R., Food Politics: What everyone needs to know. Oxford University Press, 2010. Chapters: 2 (pp.8-19) and 6 (pp. 56-69)
Reference material (optional) • World Bank. World Development report 2008. Agriculture for Development. https://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/WDR_00_book.pdf. Overview: pp.1-25
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