Development - Gender and Agriculture

Type of qualification:
M

Language of instruction:
English

Fees in Euro:
€ 8,500.

ECTS points:
70

Duration:
12 months.

Educational requirements:
BSc degree in community development, agriculture home economics, nutrition, primary health care or one of the social sciences

Professional experience required
Relevant working experience.

Other requirements
Computing skills, proficiency in English.

Objectives:
Participants learn how to analyse the dynamics of rural livelihoods and to work out possible sensitive interventions that will contribute to their socio-economic improvement. Participants learn how to stimulate, support and manage rural development organizations, institutions and businesses in a gender sensitive way.

Subjects:
Organizational theories and management; financial management; leadership; rural livelihoods; external influences on rural livelihoods; land tenure and land use; contemporary agricultural policies and approaches; contemporary rural development policies and approaches; gender planning; research strategies and methods.

Modes of instruction:
Lectures, case studies, individual and group assignments, excursions in the field of rural technology, animal and crop production, simulation exercises, implementing a rapid rural appraisal during field work.

Scholarships
Yes
- International donors : EU; FAO; UNDP; World Bank.
- National donors : NFP.

University which offers this area of study:

Larenstein, University of Professional Education (location Deventer)

Department: International Education

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