Special Lecture on Natural Resources Economics IB
| Numbering Code | G-AGR06 7FA96 LJ82 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Intensive, Second semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Lecture | |
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| Language | Japanese | Day/Period | Intensive | |
| Instructor name |
SEKINE KAE (Part-time Lecturer) TSUJIMURA HIDEYUKI (Graduate School of Agriculture Professor) |
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| Outline and Purpose of the Course | This special lecture aims that the attendees (a) learn the international discussions on smallholders, family farming, and sustainable agriculture from the UN reports and a book on small-scale organic farms in the US, and (b) reconsider the effectiveness, challenges, and the future directions of agricultural practices and policies in their respective countries and regions. | |||
| Course Goals | The goals of this special lecture are the followings: the attendees can (a) understand the basic concepts of smallholders, family farming, and sustainable agriculture, (b) relativize and critically discuss on existing agricultural practices and related policies that promote large-scale, corporate, and industrialized farming systems, (c) synthesize and write their opinions on the effectiveness, challenges, and the future directions of agricultural practices and related policies of their respective countries and regions. | |||
| Schedule and Contents |
１ Introduction: discussions on and policies for smallholders, family farming, and sustainable agriculture ２ What is smallholder agriculture? ３ Constraints on investing in smallholder agriculture ４ The roles of smallholder agriculture in sustainable development ５ Smallholder agriculture and structural transformations ６ What types of investments? farms, markets, institutions, and strategies ７ Smallholders and family farming in the world learning from the film “Those who sow” and wrap-up discussion for the first half of the special lecture ８ Conventionalization, bifurcation, and social relationships on the small organic farm in the contemporary US ９ Organic hits the mainstream 10 Why supermarket organic matters? 11 Cultivating the diverse landscapes and practices of a New England organic farm 12 Organic marketing strategies in practice: CSA and the organic label 13 “Good matches” in small organic farms 14 An alternative agriculture for our time 15 Wrap-up discussion and feedbacks |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | The grade is based on a comprehensive evaluation of the attendees who attend every time on their attitudes about discussions and presentations (50%) and the quality of the final report. | |||
| Course Requirements | Those who are interested in studies on smallholders, family farming, and sustainable agriculture are welcome. | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | The attendees must carefully read throughout the texts, understand the content, and prepare questions and comments. When necessary, they are invited to find and read additional related literature to better understand the topics. Those who make presentations on the texts must prepare handouts that summarize the texts, the points, and questions. After a lecture, the attendees review the texts and discussions by themselves and/or with their classmates. They are expected to spend the same or more amount of time of the special lecture for preparation and review. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References |
1～7：HLPE (2013) Investing in smallholder agriculture for food security. A report by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition of the Committee on World Food Security, Rome 8～15：Connor J. Fitzmaurice and Brian J. Gareau (2016) Organic Futures: Struggling for Sustainability on the Small Farm. Yale University Press The attendees can download the first text from: https://www.fao.org/3/i2953e/i2953e.pdf They can watch the movie “Those who sow” in 2015 (English, with Japanese subtitles) from: https://www.ffpj.org/movie |
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| References, etc. | A multi-billion-dollar opportunity – Repurposing agricultural support to transform food systems., FAO, UNDP and UNEP , (FAO,2021), https://doi.org/10.4060/cb6562en | |||
