| CODE | AGR1400 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | EU Policy and Rural Affairs | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Rural Sciences and Food Systems | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Objectives: To create awareness of the importance of the EU for Maltese agriculture and of the main points of the evolving Common Agricultural Policy. Contents: European Union Agricultural Policy (Directives; legislation); Common Agricultural Policy; National Agricultural Policy (Laws; Legal Notices). The marketing concept and the marketing mix. Marketing functions and efficiency. Marketing channels, marketing margins and mark-up. Cooperatives and cooperatives philosophies. Operations and management of Cooperatives; contribution to national economy. Cooperative performance, management problems, and the role of government cooperatives. The need for agricultural extension. Basic philosophies behind agricultural extension work. Agricultural extension and supporting disciplines; agricultural extension and research; bottlenecks in the administration of extension programmes; Rural development Plan. Reading List: - John Marsh, et al, The Changing Role of the Common Agricultural Policy: The Future of Farming in Europe; EU website. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Anthony Zammit |
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