Date
 

 
Topic
 

8/25

Introduction
 

8/27

Food Demand and Malnutrition
 

9/1

Films: A-OK (2000),
For a Few Pennies More (2000)
 

9/3

No Class
 

9/8

Traditional Agriculture
 

9/10

No Class
 

9/15

Films: Portrait of Altine in the Dry Season (2001),
Children of Thula Mntwana: Growing Up in Cities (2002)
 

9/17

Human Capital, Demography and Gender
 

9/18

Term Paper Idea Piece Due (5:00 pm)
 

9/22

Films: Staying Alive! (2004),
Educating Lucia (2000)
 

9/24

Theories of Agricultural and Economic Development
 

9/29

Agricultural Research, Extension and Education
 

10/1

Midterm Exam
 

10/6

No Class
 

10/8

Land and Labor Markets
 

10/13

Proposal Presentations
Term Paper Proposals Due (4:00 pm)
 

10/15

Proposal Presentations (Continued)
 

10/20

Proposal Presentations (Continued)
 

10/22

Proposal Presentations (Continued)
 

10/27

Input and Credit Markets
 

10/29

International Agricultural Trade
 

10/30

Comments on Term Paper Proposals Due (5:00 pm)
 

11/3

Films: Slum Futures (2004),
Where Credit Is Due (2000)
 

11/5

Sustainable Development
 

11/10

Film: The Timber Mafia: The Economics of Deforestation (2002)
 

11/12

Sustainable Development Policies
 

11/17

No Class
 

11/19

Economics of Sustainability
 

11/20

First Draft of Term Paper Due (5:00 pm)
 

11/24

No Class (Thanksgiving Break)
 

11/26

No Class (Thanksgiving Break)
 

12/1

Term Paper Presentations
 

12/3

Term Paper Presentations (Continued)
 

12/8

Term Paper Presentations (Continued)
 

12/10

Term Paper Presentations (Continued)
 

12/11

Term Papers Due (5:00 pm)
 

12/15

Final Exam
(4:40-6:30 pm, 201 Thomas)