- Course Details
- Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad FPM 2002-2003
- ISPE Course
- MTSA Course
- Other Readings
- Session Outline
- Session 1 & 2 THE CRISIS OF MODERN AGRICULTURE
- Session 3 & 4 SOCIAL PRESSURES FOR TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES
- Session 5 & 6 CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
- Session 7. MODELS OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
- Session 8. TECHNOLOGICAL APPRAISAL FROM THE INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE:
- Session 9.PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS FOR TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
- Session 10.FROM PROBLEM SOLVING TO SOLUTION AUGMENTING STRATEGIES:
- Session 11. TRANSITION TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE:
- Session 12. CASE OF LIVESTOCK FEED, BREED AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT
- Session 13. CASE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION IN DRY REGIONS AND HILLS
- Session 14. INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT FOR LOW EXTERNAL INPUT AGRICULTURE
- Session 15. ECOPRENEURS: AGENTS OF CHANGE - FOUR CASE STUDIES
- Session 16. & 17 POLICY AND ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR LINKING FORMAL AND INFORMAL SCIENCE
- Session 18 & 19. RISK AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
- Session 20. ETHICAL ISSUES IN TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE:
- Session 21 & 22: INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY
- Session Wise Reading
Session 3 & 4 SOCIAL PRESSURES FOR TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES
a)Consumer preference for safe food in the export markets
b)Environmental regulations in the post-GATT phase
c) Ecological movements in developing as well as developed countries
d) Farmer movements for sustainable as well as non-sustainable agriculture
e) International organic agriculture movement
Essential Readings:
1. Diver Steve, 2000, Towards a Sustainable Agriculture, New Renaissance, 6 (2), p.6
http://www.ru.org/artagri.htm
2. 2001. Alternative Agriculture related internet sites and documents, the Alternative Farming Systems Information Centre.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/afslinks.htm.
Desirable Reading:
3. Nadkarni, M.V., “Farmer Movements in India, New Delhi: Allied Publishers, 1987, p.237.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/afslinks.htm.
Desirable Reading:
3. Nadkarni, M.V., “Farmer Movements in India, New Delhi: Allied Publishers, 1987, p.237.
4. FAO. 2002. Safe food and Nutritious Diet for Consumers. World Food Summit five year later 10-13 June, 2002
www.fao.org/worldfoodsummit/sideevents/ papers/y6656e.htm
www.fao.org/worldfoodsummit/sideevents/ papers/y6656e.htm