{"id":92,"date":"2015-09-21T18:49:17","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T18:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/developmentstudies\/introduction-to-agricultural-economics-and-development\/"},"modified":"2015-09-21T18:49:17","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T18:49:17","slug":"introduction-to-agricultural-economics-and-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cssh.sua.ac.tz\/developmentstudies\/introduction-to-agricultural-economics-and-development\/","title":{"rendered":"introduction to Agricultural Economics and Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prerequisites:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong> None<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Contents:<\/strong><br \/>Meaning of economics, agricultural economics; static and dynamic economics; elements of consumer theory, production economics and demand and supply forces; relation of agricultural economics and agribusiness to other agricultural sciences; difference between agricultural and manufacturing industry; types, size and distribution of farms; small scale farming, state farming, private farming, communal farming, subsistence agriculture, peasant agriculture and commercial agriculture, agriculture sector contribution to the total economy; current problems in the development of the rural sector; economic factors and their utilization. Land, land policy and land reforms.\u00a0 Population dynamics-growth rates, working population, dependency ratio and agricultural labour force.Instruments of government interventions in the economy<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected Learning Outcomes:<\/strong><br \/>By the end of the course students should be able to:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Describe basic economic theories and their applications<\/li>\n<li>Link economics of agriculture and the manufacturing industry<\/li>\n<li>Relate capital and capital markets, equity, savings and investment aspects<\/li>\n<li>Explain agricultural farming systems, factors influencing their development pattern and how they are practiced in Tanzania.<\/li>\n<li>Understand the way agriculture is the\u00a0 cause and solution of global warming<\/li>\n<li>Understand the role of the Government in the economic development process\n<p><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prerequisites:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 None Course Contents:Meaning of economics, agricultural economics; 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