Description

12 Presentations. Acquaint students with the major issues and problems in international agriculture and rural development and to demonstrate how problems in development are being addressed in India and Thailand. The lectures/discussions establish the global and regional contexts for sustainable agricultural development and focus on development challenges in Asia through cases in India and Thailand. This course may be taken as a stand-alone survey course in international agriculture and rural development. However, it is primarily a preparatory course for participants selected to participate in the spring-semester course Agriculture in the Developing Nations II (IARD 6020), which includes a field trip to Asia during the January intersession.