Duration
30h SEM
Number of credits
| Specialised master in development, environment and communities | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Based on case studies, the seminar analyses the charges affecting the agricultural and rural world in general and the political issues linked to these changes. Conflict situations engendered by the changes in production mode and consumption habits are considered in an interdisciplinary framework.
There is a particular focus on ressources management and on the specific dimension of land issues in agrarian dynamics.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Agrarian dynamics are linked to the objectives of agricultural policies which can vary spatially and temporally.
Rural communities have the right to demand a certain form of economic and social equity.
Therefore, varias criterias have to be considered ; not only inherent to agricultural economics but also to element, of sociological character and to the economic constraints in general.
The approach has to integrate some elements to identify environmental impacts. This process has to be pert of a sustainable development strategy.
After completing the course the student is expected to
Identify the social, economic and environmental stakes going with the agrarian actual dynamics
Understand the bases intervening in the choices of allowance of the resources, in particular the land resources
Argue a position during a statement or a debate
Criticize and make a scientific summary
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Seminars : 30h
Recommended or required readings
Keith M. Moore (2005). Conflict, Social Capital and Managing Natural Resources : A West African Case Study. CABI Publishing.
Assessment methods and criteria
Any session :
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
- Remote
written work
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred remote
Additional information:
Examen écrit (100%)
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Lebailly Philippe, (Professeur Ordinaire)
Bât. GE Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Passage des Déportés 2
5030 Gembloux
+32 81 622361
Philippe.Lebailly@ulg.ac.be