| CODE | RFS3401 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Agricultural Trade Policies and Legislation in the Mediterranean Food Systems | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Rural Sciences and Food Systems | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit should provide students with knowledge on the most important policies related to the agricultural and food legislation. These policies are related to land, water, labour and credit policies. The students will also explore research, education and extension policies and how farmers organisations are managed. This study units will help the students understand the role of each individual producer within a national and a European environment. Study-unit Aims Provide the students with the analytical skills required to analyse specific situations (al local, national and international level) and to elaborate participatory strategies of agricultural policies. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1) interpret land policies, water policies, labour policies and credit policies 2) discuss the role of farmers organisations; 3) natural resources management; 4) define the role of State and privatization; 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1) relate research, education and extension policies; 2) discuss policy design and empowerment of stakeholders; 3) develop structural adjustment programs and their impacts on agriculture. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings - Fennell R. (1979) The common agricultural policy, Clarendon Press, Oxford. 0-246-11197-6. (Main Library). - Aksoy M.A., Beghin J.C. (2005) Global agricultural trade and developing countries, World Bank, Washington. - Harrigan J., Loader R., Thirtle C. (1992) Agricultural price policy: government and the market, FAO, Rome. - Ingeo M.D., Nash J.D. (2004) Eds., Agriculture and the WTO, Oxford University Press and the World Bank, Washington DC. - Kay A. (1998) The reform of the CAP, CABI publishing, Wallingford. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Study-units: AGR2403 or equivalent study-unit Students, who are interested to take this study-unit as optional, are kindly requested to contact the Department of Rural Sciences before registering for this unit. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Tutorial | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Anthony Zammit |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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