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Agec 451 - Agricultural Policy Course Outline-1

The document outlines the course objectives, topics, and reading materials for an Agricultural Policy course taught by Prof. Gideon Obare in the first semester of 2016/17. The course aims to help students understand policy problems in agriculture and food sectors, analyze the impact of policies, and evaluate issues related to producers, consumers, and rural development. Lectures will cover topics such as policy intervention frameworks, trade policies, income policies, and agricultural policies in developing countries.

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Agec 451 - Agricultural Policy Course Outline-1

The document outlines the course objectives, topics, and reading materials for an Agricultural Policy course taught by Prof. Gideon Obare in the first semester of 2016/17. The course aims to help students understand policy problems in agriculture and food sectors, analyze the impact of policies, and evaluate issues related to producers, consumers, and rural development. Lectures will cover topics such as policy intervention frameworks, trade policies, income policies, and agricultural policies in developing countries.

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Agricultural Policy

Prof. Gideon Obare

Course Outline
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1 Semester 2016/17 Academic Calendar

Objectives of the course:


On successful completion of the module, students should be able to
• Explain the reasons for government intervention in the Agri-food sectors of several
countries, and identify the policy objectives being pursued;
• Analyse critically how policy programs affect agriculture as well as the domestic
and world economy;
• Evaluate the issues of producers, consumers, food safety, Agri-environment, rural
development and the impact of policy on agribusiness;
• Understand that agricultural and food policy requires a knowledge of the overall
nature of the problems being solved, the process of policy formulation, and the role
of the various interest groups in the process.

The over goal: To see all of the students develop a useful understanding of Agricultural and
Food Policy.

Lecture Topics:

1. Policy Setting and Policy Problems of the A-F Sector

2. Economic Foundations of Policy Intervention

3. Essential Economic Tools for A-F Policy Analysis

4. Policy Analysis of General Policy Instruments

5. Policy Paradigms and Path Dependencies

6. The Political Economy of Agricultural Policy

7. Agricultural Trade and Trade Policy

8. Agricultural Income Policy

9. Agri-Environmental Policy

10. Structural Adjustment and Rural Development Policy in Developed Countries


11. A-F Policy in Developing Countries

12. Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Quality

References:
- Lecture notes and additional readings will be distributed in class.
- There is no textbook covering all the material in the course. The following books are
only recommended as supplements to what is covered in the lectures.

Ellis, F. (1992). Agricultural policies in developing countries. Cambridge University Press


Carfiero, C. (2003). Agricultural Policies in Developing Countries (Chapter 7)

Drummond, H.E. & Goodwin, J.W. (2004). Agricultural Economics, 2nd Edition.
Pearson, New Jersey

Reading Materials
Ochieng, C. M. O. (2007). Development through positive deviance and its implications for
economic policy making and public administration in Africa: The case of Kenyan
agricultural development, 1930–2005. World Development, 35(3), 454-479.
AGRA (2016). Africa Agriculture Status Report: Progress towards agricultural
transformation in Africa. Chapters 1, 3,4,5 and 9
Pinstrup-Andersen, P. (2002). Food and agricultural policy for a globalizing world: Preparing
for the future. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 84(5), 1201-1214.
Knutson, R.D., Penn, J.B & Flinchbaugh. B.L. (2004). Agricultural and Food Policy, 5th
Edition. Pearson, New Jersey
Moyer, W., & Josling, T. (2002). Agricultural policy reform: politics and process in the EU
and US in the 1990s. Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
Coleman, W., Grant, W. and Josling, T. (2004). Agriculture in the New Global Economy.
Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar.

Grading:
70 % Written
Exam 30 %
CATs

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