Brief Course Description
1. Course Title:
Agricultural Business and Policy
2. Language of Instruction:
Vietnamese
3. Course Code:
ECO801006
4. Credits:
3
5. Course Objectives:
The main topic of the course is the basic principles and policies applied in the field of agribusiness in the past 20 years (from 2020)
6. Brief Description of Course Content:
The main topic of the course is the basic principles and policies applied in the field of agribusiness in the past 20 years (from 2020). Focuses on up-to-date developments, successes, failures and challenges in the global and domestic agribusiness system. At the same time, the course content illustrates how to analyze the influence of some policies on productivity growth and sustainable development of the agribusiness system in Vietnam. The course is designed by topic. These topics are relatively independent but linked together to provide an overview of the relationship and influence of strategies, measures and policy tools of the current agribusiness system. grand. There are 9 topics presented in the following order: Topics include: 1) The role of agriculture in the economy; 2) The role of the State in rural development; 3) Globalization, agricultural trade and rural development; 4) Land policy; 5) Rural credit; 6) Diversification of livelihoods and non-agricultural economy in rural areas; 7) Value Chain and Links; 8) Economic restructuring and agricultural and rural development; 9) Rural Development and New Rural Development Policy in Vietnam. Formal lectures, individual exercises, open discussions, and case studies are combined used in this course. Policy issues and institutions for rural development will be presented in both theoretical and practical aspects.