The purpose of this course is to introduce students to understand the current state of agricultural policy of nation and compare with ourselves then figure out what are the similarities and differences, thus we can make adjustments in it. High-tech and bio-chemical industries have surpassed the traditional industries and the agricultural industry decline the most. We will discuss the agricultural policy in terms of rational, content, and consequences in the class.
In addition, the nation-wide welfare policy of agriculture will be covered, as well as domestic nutrition policy, obesity and related health policy issues, European and other approaches to conservation and environmental, export expansion with subsidies and price guarantee policies, import and consumption subsidies, global warming and international approaches to policy, farmers’ social welfare system, the problem of income distribution and compensation, rural development policy, market equilibrium and social welfare.
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Week 1 |
Course Introduction/Syllabus |
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Week 2 |
Food and Agricultural Policy: Scope and Forces of Change |
Online Assignment 1 |
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Week 3 |
Theory of Public Choice, Rent-Seeking and the Structure of Agricultural Policy Decision-making in the U.S. |
Online Assignment 2 |
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Week 4 |
Elements and Evolution of Taiwan (U.S.) Food and Agricultural Policy |
Online Assignment 3 |
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Week 5 |
International Dimensions of Taiwan (U.S.) Agriculture and Policy Effects |
Online Assignment 4 |
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Week 6 |
Rationale for Government Intervention |
Online Assignment 5 |
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Week 7 |
The Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union |
Online Assignment 6 |
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Week 8 |
European and other approaches to Conservation and Environmental / Environmental Policies Policies |
Short project 1 |
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Week 9 |
Midterm Exam (option) |
Short project 1 |
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Week 10 |
Global Warming and National/International Approaches to Policy |
Online Assignment 7 |
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Week 11 |
Rural Development Policy |
Online Assignment 8 |
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Week 12 |
Rural Sociology and Rural Development /Worldwide Agriculture subsidies |
Online Assignment 9 |
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Week 13 |
Introduction to welfare economics |
Online Assignment 10 |
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Week 14 |
Compensation principle and social welfare |
Online Assignment 11 |
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Week 15 |
Farmers’ social welfare system in Taiwan/World |
Online Assignment 12 |
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Week 16 |
Import and consumption subsidies |
Give yourself a break |
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Week 17 |
Export Expansion with Subsidies and Price Guarantee Policies |
Individual Final Presentation 1 |
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Week 18 |
Final Exam (option) /Written project due |
Individual Final Presentation 2 |
