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AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

EIC3005 AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
3 Credits

Pre-requisite None

Learning At the end of this course, students are able to:
Outcomes
1. relate the importance of agricultural development within the context of national
development;
2. analyse the impact of the transformation of the agricultural sector to economic
growth; and
3. assess the relationship between the agricultural sector and other sectors in the
economy.

Synopsis This course discusses the importance of agricultural development within the
context of national economic development. Overall understanding of agricultural
development requires three components which are interlinked: the share of
agriculture to the overall national economic development, economic situation of
traditional agriculture, and economic changes arising from agricultural
modernization. These three components encompass the objectives of agricultural
development which form the basis for the development process and the changes
needed for national development.

References 1. World Bank (2005). Agricultural Growth for the poor: an agenda for
development.World Bank Publications.
2. Mohamed Behnassi, Shabbir A. Shahid and Joyce D’Silva (Eds.). (2014).
Sustainable Agricultural Development: Recent approaches in resources
management and environmentally-balance production enhancement.
Netherlands: Springer.
3. Thompson, P (Eds.). (2014). The ethics of intensification: agricultural
development and cultural change. Netherlands: Springer.
4. Wu, F and Butz, W. (2004). Future of genetically modified crops: lessons from
the green revolution. Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.
5. Rancangan Malaysia Kesepuluh 2011-2015. (2010). Kuala Lumpur: Unit
Perancang Ekonomi, JPM.

Soft Skills CS1, CS2, CS3, CS4, CS5
CT1, CT2, CT3
TS1, TS2
LL1, LL2, LL3
EM1, EM2
LS1, LS2

Assessment Continuous Assessment : 40%
Final Examination : 60%

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